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cubic metres per second (710,000 cu ft/s) for a total of nine hours. Several towns along the upper river were destroyed by flooding and landslides, killing up to 500 people. The flow of the river was so strong that it created currents of up to 60 kilometres (37 mi) per hour in the Taiwan Strait, damaging or destroying eight
466:. About 90 percent of the precipitation, and consequently about 70–90 percent of the total flow, occurs during the rainy season from May to October. Like many Taiwanese rivers, the Gaoping carries large amounts of silt, ranging from 36 to 49 million tons per year; it is the second largest river in Taiwan (after the
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Gaoping River. About 3 metres (120 in) of rain (one year’s typical precipitation) fell over the Gaoping River basin in a period of three days. The river flow peaked at 27,447 cubic metres per second (969,300 cu ft/s) on August 8, and exceeded 20,000
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Kaoping River valley is generally considered the boundary between the
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Liu, James T.; Hsu, Ray T.; Hung, Jia-Jang; Chang, Yuan-Pin; Wang, Yu-Huai; Rendle-Bühring, Rebecca H.; Lee, Chon-Lin; Huh, Chih-An; Yang, Rick J. (2016). "From the highest to the deepest: The
Gaoping River–Gaoping Submarine Canyon dispersal system".
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Gaoping is one of the few rivers in western Taiwan without a major dam in its basin. However, the river is used extensively for irrigation on the Pingtung plain and its tributaries supply water for domestic and industrial use. The
520:. The Japanese colonial government built the Shimo-Tansui Railway Bridge (now known as the Old Gaoping River Iron Bridge), at the time the longest iron bridge in Asia. The bridge was designed by engineer Toyoji Īda
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Gaoping River is the second largest of Taiwan’s rivers by volume, following the
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Chen, I-Shiung; Wu, Jui-Hsien; Huang, Shih-Pin (2009). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of the cyprinid genus
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419:. The Laonong emerges from the mountains at
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1002:Environmental Biology of Fishes
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695:– Kaohsiung City – 136 km
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458:Headwaters of the Gaoping River
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701:– Kaohsiung City – 50 km
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160:3,400 m (11,200 ft)
97:Physical characteristics
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1225:Myra Lu (1 September 2000).
1206:Cheryl Lai (6 August 2000).
1097:Geophysical Research Letters
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279:Liling Bridge (daily means)
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491:Opsariichthys kaopingensis
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760:"98年高屏溪流域管理工作執行年報"
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684:Tributaries
604:Wuluo River
449:Wuluo River
223: /
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62:Native name
1286:Categories
1192:2018-07-02
982:2014-09-05
863:2014-09-05
738:References
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385:headwaters
347:Wade–Giles
342:Gāopíng Xī
254:Basin size
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127:23°28′29″N
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653:Freeway 3
608:landfills
549:Human use
393:Kaohsiung
266:Discharge
1182:"美濃水庫始末"
726:See also
638:Liouguei
536:In 2009
447:and the
409:Liouguei
82:Location
802:12 June
776:12 June
667:Bridges
501:During
497:History
487:endemic
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87:Country
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1243:2014
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