Zengwun River
The Zengwun River (Chinese: 曾文溪; pinyin: Zéngwén Xī; Wade–Giles: Tseng2-wen2 Hsi1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chan-bûn-khoe)[1] is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Tainan and Chiayi County for 130 km.
Located upstream of Zengwun River is the largest reservoir in Taiwan, Zengwun Reservoir, formed by Zengwun Dam. 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.
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Notes
- ↑ formerly spelled Tsengwen; historically Tsan-bun per Campbell (1896), map, and Davidson (1903), map
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Bibliography
- Campbell, William (1896). "The island of Formosa: Its past and future". Scottish Geographical Magazine 12 (8): 385–399. doi:10.1080/00369229608732903.
- Davidson, James W. (1903). The Island of Formosa, Past and Present : history, people, resources, and commercial prospects : tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions. London and New York: Macmillan. OL 6931635M.
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