Keelung (river)
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Keelung River 基隆河 |
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 On the upper reaches of the Keelung River |
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| location | Taiwan | |
| River system | Danshui | |
| Drain over | Danshui → Formosa Street | |
| source | in Pingxi Township , New Taipei City | |
| Source height | 560 m | |
| muzzle | in the Danshui in Taipei coordinates: 25 ° 6 ′ 44 " N , 121 ° 27 ′ 50" E 25 ° 6 ′ 44 " N , 121 ° 27 ′ 50" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 560 m | |
| Bottom slope | 5.8 ‰ | |
| length | 96 km | |
| Catchment area | 493 km² | |
| Big cities | Keelung , Xizhi , Taipei | |
| Communities | Pingxi , Ruifang | |
The Keelung River or Jilong River ( Chinese 基隆河 , Pinyin Jīlóng Hé , W.-G. Chi-lung Ho ) is a 96 km long, right or eastern tributary of the Danshui in northern Taiwan , Republic of China . It flows through the cities of Taipei and New Taipei and the independent city of Keelung ( 基隆市 , Jīlóng Shì ), whose name it bears.
course
The Keelung River has its source in the southern part of the Pingxi community, a good 10 km east of Taipei in New Taipei . It flows first to the northeast and is accompanied by the Pingxi Line , a branch line of the Taiwanese railway . The Shifen waterfall is located on the upper reaches of the river . In the municipality of Ruifang , the Keelung River approaches up to about 2 km of the northeast coast of Taiwan on the East China Sea before changing its direction of flow to the west.
It then flows through the southern districts of the port city of Keelung, facing away from the sea . Continuing southwest through the city of Xizhi to Taipei , the valley of the Keelung River is an important transport corridor through which two highways and the main line of the Taiwanese railway run. In the urban area of Taipei, the river reaches the Taipei Basin . It flows through the capital of Taiwan north of the center from east to west. The last stretch of the river forms the border between the Shilin and Beitou districts . In the Guandu district in northwest Taipei, the Keelung River flows into the Danshui, which in turn flows into Formosa Street about 9 km northwest .
