{{Short description|River in Taiwan}} {{Infobox river | name = Beigang River | native_name ={{native name|zh|北港溪}} | name_other = | image = 嘉義縣六腳鄉 北港溪 - panoramio.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = | image_alt = | map = {{Location map | Taiwan | relief = yes | float = center | caption = | alt = Map showing the mouth of Beigang River | lat_deg = 23.524 | lon_deg = 120.124 }} | map_size = | map_caption = Beigang River in Taiwan | map_alt = <!---------------------- BASIN --> | river_system = | progression = | source1_location = Western slopes of the Alishan Range | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = {{convert|561|m|abbr=on}} | mouth_location = Pacific Ocean | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|ft}} | altitude_difference= | basin_size = {{convert|645.21|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Taiwan | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Yunlin and Chiayi | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = <!---------------------- PHYSIOGNOMY --> | length = {{convert|82|km|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = {{convert|5000|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} <!---------------------- FEATURES --> | tributaries_left = Huwei River<br />* Tahukou River | tributaries_right = Sandie River | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} {{Chinese |c={{linktext|北港|溪}} |p=Běigǎng Xī |w=Pei-kang Hsi |l={{nowrap|North Port Creek}} |poj= }} The '''Beigang River''', formerly known as the '''Pakan'''{{sfnp|''EB''|1879|p=416}} from its Hokkien pronunciation, is a river in Taiwan named for Beigang, a port 20 kilometres from its mouth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geonames.nga.mil/namesviewer/ |title=GeoNames Search |work=Geographic Names Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA |accessdate=2 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=ExecYuan/> It flows through Yunlin and Chiayi counties for 82 km.<ref name=ExecYuan>{{cite book |title=The Republic of China Yearbook 2015 |chapter=Geography & demographics |date=2015 |publisher=Executive Yuan |isbn=978-986-04-6013-1 |pages=40–53 |chapter-url=http://yearbook.multimedia.ey.gov.tw/enebook/2015yearbook/index.html |access-date=2016-06-02 |archive-date=2016-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531095543/http://yearbook.multimedia.ey.gov.tw/enebook/2015yearbook/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wra.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=20077&CtNode=4358 |title=Beigang River |language=zh |publisher=Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs |accessdate=9 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309023311/http://www.wra.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=20077&CtNode=4358 |archive-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
At the river mouth lies the Aogu Wetland at Dongshi Township of Chiayi County.
Beigang River is moderately polluted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wq.epa.gov.tw/Code/Report/ReportShow.aspx?ID=70 |script-title=zh:民國104年 環境水質監測年報 |trans-title=Annual Report of Water Quality 2015 |date=March 2016 |publisher=Environmental Protection Administration |location=Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.) |accessdate=9 September 2016 |language=zh}} (Figure 1-8)</ref>
==Bridges== * Beigang Tourist Bridge
==See also== *List of rivers in Taiwan
==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist|30em}}
===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{citation |contribution=Formosa |title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, ''9th ed., Vol. IX'' |editor-last=Baynes |editor-first=Thomas Spencer |display-editors=0 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1879 |ref={{harvid|''EB''|1879}} |pp=415–17 }}. {{refend}}
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{{commons category|Beigang River (Yunlin-Chiayi)|Beigang River}}
Category:Landforms of Chiayi County Category:Landforms of Yunlin County Category:Rivers of Taiwan
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