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
Map showing the mouth of Zhuokou River
Map showing the mouth of 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

References
  1. "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.
  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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