The Zengwen River is the fourth longest river in Taiwan after the Zhuoshui River, Gaoping River, and Tamsui River, with a total length of about . It flows through Tainan and Chiayi County.It is located in the southwestern part of the island.
Names
Zéngwén is the
pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the river's
Chinese language name The river was formerly known as the from the
Hokkien language pronunciation of the same name.
It was formerly known as the Taiwanfu from a former name of Tainan, when it was the headquarters of Qing Taiwan 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.
National Park
Taijiang National Park encompasses parts of the Zengwen estuary as well as nearby coastal areas.
The endangered black-faced spoonbills come every winter as migrants and inhabit downstream near the estuary, where many other
are also found. A conservation area has been set up to protect the spoonbills.
See also
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