Zhuokou River

The Zhuokou River, also spelled Chokou River or Jhuokou River (Chinese: 濁口溪; pinyin: Zhuókǒu Xī; Wade–Giles: Cho2-kou3 Hsi1),[2] is a tributary of the Laonong River, which in turn is a tributary of the Gaoping River, the main stream of this major river system in southwestern Taiwan.[3][4] It flows through the Taoyuan and Maolin Districts of Kaohsiung City for 50 km.[5]

Zhuokou River
The location of the confluence of the Zhuokou and Gaoping Rivers
Location
CountryTaiwan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 ⁃ locationCentral Mountain Range: Beinan Mountain
 ⁃ elevation3,293 m (10,804 ft)
Mouth 
 ⁃ location
Liouguei
 ⁃ coordinates
22.8844°N 120.6457°E / 22.8844; 120.6457
Length50 km (31 mi)
Basin size378 km2 (146 sq mi)
Discharge 
 ⁃ locationNanfeng Bridge[1]
 ⁃ average37 m3/s (1,300 cu ft/s)
 ⁃ minimum0.02 m3/s (0.71 cu ft/s)
 ⁃ maximum1,221 m3/s (43,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemGaoping River
Map of the Gaoping River watershed with Zhuokou on the right

Bridges

See also
  • List of rivers in Taiwan

References
  1. "98年高屏溪流域管理工作執行年報" (PDF) (in Chinese). Gaoping River Basin Management Committee. October 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. "GeoNames Search". Geographic Names Database. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. "Gaoping River" (in Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. Liu, James T.; Hsu, Ray T.; Hung, Jia-Jang; Chang, Yuan-Pin; Wang, Yu-Huai; Rendle-Bühring, Rebecca H.; Lee, Chon-Lin; Huh, Chih-An; Yang, Rick J. (2016). "From the highest to the deepest: The Gaoping River–Gaoping Submarine Canyon dispersal system". Earth-Science Reviews. 153: 274–300. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.10.012.
  5. Hsu, Chia-Ming; Chen, Hongey (2012). "濁口溪流域的地表作用與曲流地形間之相對應關係" [The relationships between earth surface processes and meandering forms along the catchment of the Jhuokou River] (PDF). Journal of Chinese Soil and Water Conservation (in Chinese). 43 (3): 227–238.


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