Tsengwen River

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The Tsengwen River (Zengwen River、曾文溪)is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Tainan County and Chiayi County for 130km.

There's largest reservoir in Taiwan--Tsengwen reservoir is in "Upper Swim", a percious kind of bird called "Black-faced Spoonbill" inhabited in "to sea month", and other some waterbirds. a protected area has set to protect above creatures.

曾文溪有豐富的水力資源，全臺灣最大的水庫曾文水庫，即在曾文溪上游，此外，在曾文溪的支流上，尚有南化水庫及烏

山頭水庫等，除了供水發電之外，也都成為重要的觀光景點。此外，由於曾文溪挾帶砂石與生物碎屑在出海口沉積，提供

了大量養分，因而蘊育了河口地區豐富的底棲生物與浮游生物，也吸引了大批水鳥在此處棲息。著名的珍貴鳥類黑面琵鷺

即棲息在曾文溪河口北岸，因此設有七股黑面琵鷺保護區。