Dadu River (Taiwan)
| 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.
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