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Houku River

The Houku River (Chinese: 後堀溪; pinyin: Hòukū Xī), also known as the Houjue River or Houjue Creek, is a 51 km (32 mi) river of southern Taiwan, and a tributary of the Zengwen River. The river drains an area of 161 km (62 sq mi) in parts of Tainan, Chiayi County, and Kaohsiung City. The Nanhua Dam on the river is a major source of drinking water for metropolitan Kaohsiung.

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References

  1. ^ "曾文溪水系" [Zengwen River System] (in Chinese). Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Sixth River Management Office, Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ "GeoNames Search". Geographic Names Database. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. ^ Wei, Hsiao-Ping; Yeh, Keh-Chia; Liou, Jun-Jih; Chen, Yung-Ming & Cheng, Chao-Tzuen (2016). "Estimating the risk of river flow under climate change in the Tsengwen River basin". Water. 8 (3): 81. doi:10.3390/w8030081.