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Beigang River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Beigang River, formerly known as the Pakan from its Hokkien pronunciation, is a river in Taiwan named for Beigang, a port 20 kilometres from its mouth. It flows through Yunlin and Chiayi counties for 82 km. At the river mouth lies the Aogu Wetland at Dongshi Township of Chiayi County. Beigang River is moderately polluted.

Flows through: Taiwan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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