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Tamsui River | |
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![]() The mouth of Tamsui River | |
Native name | 淡水河 (Chinese) |
Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Pintian Mountain |
• elevation | 3,529 metres (11,578 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Taiwan Strait |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
Length | 158.7 kilometres (98.6 mi) |
Basin size | 2,726 square kilometres (1,053 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 210 cubic metres per second (7,400 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 13,600 m3/s (480,000 cu ft/s) |
The Tamsui River (alternatively Danshui River, Chinese: 淡水河; pinyin: Dànshǔi Hé; Wade–Giles: Tan4-shui3 Ho2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi-hô; lit. 'Freshwater River') is third longest river in Taiwan after Zhuoshui River and Gaoping River, with a total length of 158.7 km (98.6 mi), flowing through Hsinchu County, Taoyuan, Taipei and New Taipei City. It is located in northern part of the island.
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