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Gaoping River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Gaoping River, also spelled Kaoping River (pinyin: Gāopíng Xī, Wade–Giles: Kao1-p'ing2 Hsi1), is the second longest river in Taiwan after Zhuoshui River with a total length of 184 km (114 mi). It is located on the southern part of the island, flowing through Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City. It is the largest river in Taiwan by drainage area. Draining a rugged area on the western side of the Central Mountain Range.

Flows through: Taiwan.

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

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