The Zhuoshui River, also spelled Choshui or Jhuoshuei River, () is the longest river in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It flows from its source in

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

up to the western border of the county, subsequently forming the border between

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County t ...

and

Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

, with a total length of . The river serves as an unofficial boundary between the north and south of Taiwan. It is dammed in its upper reaches by the Wushe and Wujie Dams, and further downstream by the

Jiji Weir The Jiji Weir () is a weir located in Nantou County, Taiwan. The weir is located at the border of three townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Alth ...

. The Zhuoshui River environment has in recent years been seriously degraded both by the construction of a dam across the river at Jiji and by the ongoing activities of the concrete industry.

Tributaries

Chenyoulan River The Chenyoulan River or Chenyulan River () is a river in Nantou County, Taiwan. It is a tributary of the Zhuoshui River. Villages in the water shed include Dongpu and Fengqui. Its tributary streams are Junkeng, Shibachong, Shalixian, Heshe and Ne ...

* Shuili River * Kashe River

Bridges

Xiluo Bridge The Xiluo Bridge () is a bridge connecting Xiluo Township in Yunlin County and Xizhou Township in Changhua County in Taiwan crossing over Zhuoshui River. History Empire of Japan On 24 March 1936, the local people of the area set up a committe ...

Dams

Wujie Dam Wujie Dam () is a concrete gravity dam on the Zhuoshui River in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. The dam was built in two stages, from 1919 to 1922 and 1927–1934, and serves primarily to divert water from the Zhuoshui River to a storage ...

Tributaries

Bridges

Dams

See also

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