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Tai Wai Nullah (), sometimes referred to as the upper stream of Shing Mun River,Decking of Tai Wai Nullah in Sha Tin
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"Reconnecting over nullah : community foci at Tai Wai"
Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Architecture,
Tai Wai Nullah (), sometimes referred to as the upper stream of Shing Mun River,Decking of Tai Wai Nullah in Sha Tin/ref> is one of the
nullah
A nullah or nala ( Hindustani or "nallah" in Punjabi) is an 'arm of the sea', stream, or watercourse, a steep narrow valley. Like the wadi of the Arabs, the nullah is characteristic of mountainous or hilly country where there is little rainfall ...
s of Shing Mun River
The Shing Mun River or Shing Mun River Channel is a Rivers of Hong Kong, river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
History
The original Shing Mun River began at Needle Hill, and flowed into the former Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi), a shallow bay. In the 1970s, ...
in Tai Wai
Tai Wai () is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District.
With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, five bus termini and ...
of Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
.
The channelised nullah has a width of about 39 m. As water flow is very low most of the time, the concrete nullah bed is exposed.
See also
*List of rivers and nullahs in Hong Kong
The location of Hong Kong, adjacent to the coast, is not close to the system of major rivers in southern China, though the water to the west of Hong Kong is influenced by Pearl River. In 1,103 km2 of land, the territory is largely hilly with over ...
References
Further reading
* Chuk, Lin-ping"Reconnecting over nullah : community foci at Tai Wai"
Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Architecture,
University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...
, 1998
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