Dadu River (Taiwan)

24°10′11.5″N 120°31′05.7″E / 24.169861°N 120.518250°E / 24.169861; 120.518250

Dadu River
Wu River
Black River
Sunset at the lower reaches of Wu River
Map showing the mouth of Wu River
Map showing the mouth of Wu River
Dadu River in Taiwan
Native name
Location
CountryTaiwan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCentral Mountain Range: western foothills of Hehuanshan
Mouth 
 • location
Taiwan Strait: Taichung City/Changhua County border
Length124 km (77 mi)
Basin size2,025.6 km2 (782.1 sq mi)
Dadu River
Chinese大肚
Literal meaningBig Belly Creek
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàdù Xī
Wade–GilesTa-tu Hsi
Black River
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningBlack Creek
Raven Creek
Crow Creek
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWū Xī
Wade–GilesWu Hsi
Southern Min
Hokkien POJO͘ Khe

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]

  1. ^ "GeoNames Search". Geographic Names Database. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA. Retrieved 1 May 2016.