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Dahan River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Dahan River (also spelled Tahan) is a 135 km long river in northern Taiwan. It originates in Hsinchu County and then flows through Taoyuan City and New Taipei City, before it joins Xindian River in Taipei to form the Tamsui River. The upper reaches of the Dahan are also known as Takekan Creek (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Toā-kho-khàm-khe) or Taigang Creek. An alternative historical name for the Dahan is the Shihmen River.

Flows through: Taiwan.

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

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