Zhuokou River
| Zhuokou River | |
|---|---|
 | |
  The location of the confluence of the Zhuokou and Gaoping Rivers | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Central Mountain Range: Beinan Mountain |
| • elevation | 3,293 m (10,804 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Liouguei |
| Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Basin size | 378 km2 (146 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Nanfeng Bridge[1] |
| • average | 37 m3/s (1,300 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 0.02 m3/s (0.71 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 1,221 m3/s (43,100 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Gaoping 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]
See also
References
- ^ "98年高屏溪流域管理工作執行年報" (PDF) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Gaoping River Basin Management Committee. October 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "GeoNames Search". Geographic Names Database. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Gaoping River" (in Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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