24°10′11.5″N 120°31′05.7″E / 24.169861°N 120.518250°E
Dadu River Wu River Black River | |
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![]() Sunset at the lower reaches of Wu River | |
Dadu River in Taiwan | |
Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Central Mountain Range: western foothills of Hehuanshan |
Mouth | |
• location | Taiwan Strait: Taichung City/Changhua County border |
Length | 124 km (77 mi) |
Basin size | 2,025.6 km2 (782.1 sq mi) |
Dadu River | |||||||||||||
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Chinese | 大肚溪 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Big Belly Creek | ||||||||||||
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Black River | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 烏溪 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 乌溪 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Black Creek Raven Creek Crow Creek | ||||||||||||
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The Dadu River also called the Wu River, is a major river located in the Northwest of Taiwan. With a total length of 124 km (77 mi) it is sixth-longest river on the island. [1]