Dajia River
| Dajia River | |
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 Shihgang Dam on the Dajia River |
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| Origin | Nanhu Mountain |
| Mouth | Taiwan Strait |
| Basin countries |  Republic of China |
| Length | 124.20 kilometres (77.17 mi) |
| Source elevation | 3,637 metres (11,932 ft) |
| Avg. discharge | 31 cubic metres per second (1,100 cu ft/s) |
| Basin area | 1,235.73 square kilometres (477.12 sq mi) |
The Dajia River (Chinese: 大甲溪; pinyin: Dàjiǎ Xī; literally "big shell river"; DT: Dāi-gâ ke) is a river in north-central Taiwan. It flows through Taichung City for 124 km.[1] The sources of the Dajia are: Hsuehshan and Nanhu Mountain in the Central Mountain Range.[2] The Dajia River flows through the Taichung City districts of Heping, Xinshe, Dongshi, Shigang, Fengyuan, Houli, Shengang, Waipu, Dajia, Qingshui, and Da'an before emptying into the Taiwan Strait.[2]
The Deji Reservoir (simplified Chinese: 德基水库; traditional Chinese: 德基水庫; pinyin: Déjī Shuǐkù; literally "virtuous foundation reservoir"), formed by Techi Dam, is a 592-hectare reservoir on the Dajia.[3] The reservoir provides municipal water, generates hydroelectric power, is used for recreation and prevents flooding.[3]
Taiwan's Central Cross-Island Highway runs along the Tachia River from Heping to Dongshih. The Taichung Beltway begins in Fongyuan and follows the Tachia through into Cingshuei.
[edit] Incidents
The Dajia experiences frequent earthflows during typhoons and heavy rain, damaging homes and breaking up roads, sometimes permanently.[citation needed] In September 2008, rains from Typhoon Sinlaku resulted in storm-swollen waters which washed away supports for a section of Houfeng Bridge (which links Houli Township and Fengyuan City), leaving six people dead.[4] In June 2010, the bridge finally reopened to vehicular traffic after over NT$1.4 billion of reconstruction work.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Philip Diller. "Taiwan Rivers and Watersheds". http://philip.pristine.net/maps/watersheds.html. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ a b "大安大甲流域(Da-an/Dajia River Basin)" (in Chinese(traditional)). http://web.thu.edu.tw/deborah/www/index2/stream/dd2/dd2.htm#d2. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ a b "德基水庫(Techi Reservoir)" (in Chinese(traditional)). National Taiwan Ocean University Water Resource Management Center. http://wrm.hre.ntou.edu.tw/wrm/dss/resr/c01.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ "Typhoon wreaks havoc during festival". Taiwan Today. 2008-09-19. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=45095&CtNode=428. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ "Traffic resumes on Taichung's Houfeng Bridge". The China Post. 2010-06-30. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taichung/2010/06/30/262717/Traffic-resumes.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
[edit] See also
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