Dajia River
| Dajia River | |
|---|---|
Nanhu Mountain | |
| • elevation | 3,637 metres (11,932 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Taiwan Strait |
| Length | 142 kilometres (88 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,235.73 square kilometres (477.12 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 31 cubic metres per second (1,100 cu ft/s) |
Dajia River (
Taichung City for 142 km.[1]
The sources of the Dajia are: Da'an before emptying into the Taiwan Strait.[2]
Taiwan's
Taichung Beltway
begins in Fongyuan and follows the Dajia through into Cingshuei.
The mountain streams of the upper Dajia River are the only habitats of the critically endangered landlocked Formosan salmon.
Hydroelectricity
The Deji Reservoir (德基水庫; Déjī Shuǐkù; 'virtuous foundation reservoir'), formed by
KWh per year.[4]
Incidents
The Dajia experiences frequent
Houli Township and Fengyuan City), leaving six people dead.[5] In June 2010, the bridge finally reopened to vehicular traffic after over NT$1.4 billion of reconstruction work.[6]
See also
- List of rivers in Taiwan
References
- ^ Philip Diller. "Taiwan Rivers and Watersheds". Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ a b "大安大甲流域(Da-an/Dajia River Basin)" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ a b "德基水庫(Techi Reservoir)" (in Chinese). National Taiwan Ocean University Water Resource Management Center. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ 大甲溪 (PDF) (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency. 2009-01-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "Typhoon wreaks havoc during festival". Taiwan Today. 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ "Traffic resumes on Taichung's Houfeng Bridge". The China Post. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
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