Dahan River
25°02′33″N 121°29′02″E / 25.0426°N 121.4840°E
| Dahan River | |
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In New Taipei City | |
Map showing the location of the Dahan River within the Tamsui River watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Pintian Mountain |
| • location | Hsinchu County |
| • elevation | 3,420 m (11,220 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Tamsui River, Sanchong District, New Taipei City |
• elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Length | 135 km (84 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,163 km2 (449 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 59.62 m3/s (2,105 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 22.94 m3/s (810 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 13,800 m3/s (490,000 cu ft/s) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大漢溪 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大汉溪 | ||||||||||
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The Dahan River (Chinese: 大漢溪, also spelled Tahan) is a river in northern Taiwan. It originates in Hsinchu County and then flows through Taoyuan City and New Taipei City for 135 km, before it joins Xindian River in Taipei to form the Tamshui River. The upper reaches of the Dahan are also known as Takekan Creek (Chinese: 大嵙崁溪; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Toā-kho-khàm-khe) or Taigang Creek (Chinese: 泰崗溪). An alternative historical name for the Dahan is the Shihmen River (Chinese: 石門溪).