List of rivers in Taiwan

Xiuguluan River Valley in Hualien County

Zhuoshui River Valley near Shuili ( Nantou County )

The following table lists a selection of the largest rivers in the Republic of China and the island of Taiwan with their headwaters, mouths, length of the main stream and catchment area .

River name	source	Course through	muzzle	Catchment area (km²)	Length of main stream (km)
Lanyang 蘭 陽 溪	Nanhubeishan 南湖 北山	Yilan County	Zhuangwei and Wujie	978	73
Fengshan 鳳山 溪	Najieshan 那 結 山	Taoyuan , Hsinchu , Hsinchu County	Hsinchu and Zhubei	250	45.5
Touqian 頭 前 溪	Luchangdashan and Lidongshan 鹿場 大 山, 李棟 山	Hsinchu County , Hsinchu	Hsinchu and Zhubei	566	63
Zhonggang 中港溪	Luchangdashan 鹿場 大 山	Miaoli County , Hsinchu County	Houlung and Zhunan	446	54
Houlong 後 龍溪	Luchangdashan 鹿場 大 山	Miaoli county	Houlung	537	58.3
Da'an 大安溪	Dabajianshan 大霸尖山	Miaoli County , Taichung	Dajia and Da'an	758	95.8
Dajia 大甲溪	eastern Nanhushan 南湖 東山	Taichung	Qingshui and Da'an	1236	124.2
Wu 烏 溪	Hehuanshan 合歡 山	Nantou counties , Changhua , Taichung counties	Longjing and Shengang	2026	119.1
Zhuoshui 濁水 溪	Hehuanshan 合歡 山	Nantou , Changhua , Yunlin , Chiayi counties	Dacheng and Mailiao	3157	186.6
Beigang 北港溪	Cising 七星 嶺	Yunlin County , Chiayi County	Kouhu and Dongshi	645	82
Puzi 朴子溪	Yucaikeng 芋 菜 坑	Chiayi County , Chiayi	Dongshi	427	75.9
Bazhang 八掌溪	Fencihu 奮起 湖	Chiayi County , Chiayi , Tainan	Budai and Beimen	475	80.9
Jishui 急水溪	Binglangshan 檳榔 山	Tainan	Trash	379	65
Zengwen 曾文溪	Alishan 阿里山	Tainan	Annan and Qigu	1177	138.5
Yanshui 鹽水 溪	Dakengwei 大坑 尾	Tainan	Annan and Anping	340	41.3
Erren 二仁溪	Shanjuhu 山豬 湖	Tainan , Kaohsiung	South District (Tainan) and Qieding	339	61.2
Agongdian 阿公 店 溪	Ushantou 烏 山頂	Kaohsiung	Yong'an and Mituo	137	38
Gaoping 高屏溪	Yushan 玉山	Kaohsiung , Pingtung County	Linyuan and Xinyuan	3257	171
Donggang 東 港 溪	Dawushan 大武山	Pingtung County	Xinyua and Donggang	472	44
Sizhong 四 重 溪	Leilongshan 里 龍山	Pingtung County	Checheng	125	31.9
Beinan 卑南溪	Beinan Main Summit ( Central Mountains ) 中央 山脈 卑南 主峰	Taitung County	Taitung	1603	84.4
Xiuguluan 秀姑 巒 溪	Luntianshan 崙 天山	Hualien County , Taitung County	Fengbin	1790	81.2
Hualien 花蓮 溪	Baganshan 拔 子 山	Hualien County	Hualien	1507	57.3
Heping 和平溪	northern Nanhushan 南湖 北山	Hualien County , Yilan County	Xiulin and Nan'ao	562	48.2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 表 13 中央 管 河川 - 民 國 105 年 底 Table 13. Central-government-administered Rivers. (pdf) Water Resources Authority ( 經濟 部 水利 署 ) of the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs, December 2016, accessed May 19, 2018 (Chinese, English).