Zengwen River

Zengwen River
Chinese	曾文溪
Postal	Tsengwen
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zéngwén Xī
Wade–Giles	Tseng-wen Hsi
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Chan-bûn-khoe

Zengwen River
	Zengwen River basin
Native name	曾文溪
Location
Country	Taiwan
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Alishan, Chiayi County
• elevation	2,609 m (8,560 ft)
Mouth	Taiwan Strait
• location	Tainan
• coordinates	23.050°N 120.067°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	138.47 km (86.04 mi)
Basin size	1,176.64 km2 (454.30 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Houku River

The Zengwen River is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Tainan and Chiayi County for 138 km.[1]

Names

Zéngwén is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the river's Chinese name 曾文溪. The river was formerly known as the Tsan-bun[2][3] from the Hokkien pronunciation of the same name.

It was formerly known as the Taiwanfu[4] from a former name of Tainan, when it was the headquarters of Qing administration on the island as a district of Fujian Province.

Reservoir

The largest reservoir in Taiwan, Zengwen Reservoir, formed by Zengwen Dam, is located Located upstream of Zengwen River.[5]

National Park

Taijiang National Park encompasses parts of the Zengwen estuary as well as nearby coastal areas.[6] The endangered black-faced spoonbills come every winter as migrants and inhabit downstream near the estuary, where many other waterfowls are also found. A conservation area has been set up to protect the spoonbills.[7][8]

References

Citations

"Zengwen River" (in Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
Campbell (1896), map.
Davidson (1903), map.
EB (1879), p. 416.
"Reservoirs, dams and weirs of Taiwan". Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
"Taijiang". ProtectedPlanet. 2014–2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
"Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve". Taiwan – The Heart Of Asia. Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan). 20 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
BirdLife International (2015). "Platalea minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22697568A84646222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T22697568A84646222.en.

Bibliography

"Formosa" , Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IX, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879, pp. 415–17.
Campbell, William (1896). "The Island of Formosa: Its Past and Future". Scottish Geographical Magazine. 12 (8): 385–399. doi:10.1080/00369229608732903.
Davidson, James W. (1903). The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects: Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, and Other Productions. London and New York: Macmillan. OL 6931635M.

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[1] "Zengwen River" (in Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[FOOTNOTECampbell1896[[:c:File:1896_map_of_Taiwan.png|map]]-2] Campbell (1896), map.

[FOOTNOTEDavidson1903[[:c:File:Davidson_(1901)_-_General_Map_of_Formosa.jpg|map]]-3] Davidson (1903), map.

[FOOTNOTE''EB''1879416-4] EB (1879), p. 416.

[5] "Reservoirs, dams and weirs of Taiwan". Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[6] "Taijiang". ProtectedPlanet. 2014–2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[7] "Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve". Taiwan – The Heart Of Asia. Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan). 20 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[8] BirdLife International (2015). "Platalea minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22697568A84646222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T22697568A84646222.en.