Zengwen River

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title: "Zengwen River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-taiwan", "landforms-of-chiayi-county", "landforms-of-tainan"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-taiwan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengwen_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Zengwen River
native_name	zh
image	二重溪 ( 曾文溪、南瀛天文館 附近 ).jpg
map	Zengwen River basin.png
map_size	250px
map_caption	Zengwen River basin
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Taiwan
length	146 km
discharge1_avg	74 m3/s
source1_location	Alishan, Chiayi County
source1_elevation	2609 m
mouth	Taiwan Strait
mouth_location	Tainan
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	0 m
basin_size	1176.64 km2
tributaries_left	Houku River
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The Zengwen River is the fourth longest river in Taiwan after the Zhuoshui River, Gaoping, and Tamsui, with a total length of about 146 km. It flows through Tainan and Chiayi County.It is located in the southwestern part of the island.

Toponymy

Names

Zéngwén is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the river's Chinese name {{linktext|曾文|溪}}. The river was formerly known as the Tsan-bun from the Hokkien 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 administration on the island as a district of Fujian Province.

Zengwen Reservoir

Reservoir

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

Park

National Park

Main article: Taijiang 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 waterfowls are also found. A conservation area has been set up to protect the spoonbills.

References

Citations

Bibliography

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References

1. "Zengwen River". Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
2. (26 June 2013). "Reservoirs, dams and weirs of Taiwan". Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
3. (2014–2015). "Taijiang". ProtectedPlanet.
4. (20 March 2015). "Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve". Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan).
5. BirdLife International. (2015). "''Platalea minor''". [[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]].

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