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.[5] In June 2010, the bridge finally reopened to vehicular traffic after over NT$1.4 billion of reconstruction work.[6]
dajia, river, chinese, 大甲溪, pinyin, dàjiǎ, tāi, khoe, shell, river, fifth, longest, river, taiwan, located, north, central, island, flows, through, taichung, city, sources, dajia, hsuehshan, nanhu, mountain, central, mountain, range, flows, through, taichung, . Dajia River Chinese 大甲溪 pinyin Dajiǎ Xi Pe h ōe ji Tai kah khoe lit big shell river is the fifth longest river in Taiwan located in the north central of the island It flows through Taichung City for 142 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 Dajia RiverNative name大甲溪 Chinese LocationCountryTaiwanPhysical characteristicsSource locationNanhu Mountain elevation3 637 metres 11 932 ft Mouth locationTaiwan StraitLength142 kilometres 88 mi Basin size1 235 73 square kilometres 477 12 sq mi Discharge average31 cubic metres per second 1 100 cu ft s Taiwan s Central Cross Island Highway runs along the Dajia River from Heping to Dongshih The Taichung Beltway begins in Fongyuan and follows the Dajia through into Cingshuei The mountain streams of the upper Dajia River are the only habitats of the critically endangered landlocked Formosan salmon Contents 1 Hydroelectricity 2 Incidents 3 See also 4 ReferencesHydroelectricity editThe Deji Reservoir 德基水庫 Deji Shuǐku virtuous foundation reservoir formed by Techi Dam is a 592 hectare reservoir in Dajia District 3 The reservoir provides municipal drinking water generates hydroelectric power is used for recreation and prevents flooding 3 Techi and a cascade of five other dams on the Dajia in sequence from hill top the Qingshan Dam Kukuan Dam Tienlun Dam Ma an Dam and Shigang Dam produce up to 1 100 megawatts of hydroelectric power and generate more than 2 4 billion KWh per year 4 Incidents editThe 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 5 In June 2010 the bridge finally reopened to vehicular traffic after over NT 1 4 billion of reconstruction work 6 See also editList of rivers in TaiwanReferences edit Philip Diller Taiwan Rivers and Watersheds Archived from the original on 2007 12 14 Retrieved 2007 11 30 a b 大安大甲流域 Da an Dajia River Basin in Chinese Retrieved 2007 11 30 a b 德基水庫 Techi Reservoir in Chinese National Taiwan Ocean University Water Resource Management Center Archived from the original on 2010 11 19 Retrieved 2007 11 30 大甲溪 PDF in Chinese Taiwan Water Resources Agency 2009 01 22 Archived from the original PDF on 2011 08 15 Retrieved 2013 06 25 Typhoon wreaks havoc during festival Taiwan Today 2008 09 19 Retrieved 2010 07 10 Traffic resumes on Taichung s Houfeng Bridge The China Post 2010 06 30 Retrieved 2010 07 10 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dajia River 24 20 00 N 120 33 23 E 24 3333 N 120 5564 E 24 3333 120 5564 nbsp This article related to a river in Taiwan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dajia River amp oldid 1199539399, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
