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| Tai Po River | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 大埔河 | ||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | daaih bou hòh | ||||||||
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Tai Po River (Chinese: 大埔河; pinyin: Dapu He) is a river in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. It has many tributaries, with most coming from Yin Yim Teng, Grassy Hill, and Lead Mine Pass area. The tributaries gradually merge as Tai Po River, which parallels the Tolo Highway until Tai Po Market station, where it turns north to meet the Lam Tsuen River.
Before the 1970s, Tai Po River flowed straight into Tolo Harbour near Tai Po Market station. However, due to the pressing need for development land in the then new town of Tai Po, land was reclaimed, and the Tai Po River lengthened northwards to flow into the Lam Tsuen River before it enters Tolo Harbour.
See also
- List of rivers and nullahs in Hong Kong
References
- 2006. Hong Kong Driving Guide. Universal Publications Ltd. ISBN 962-8797-39-5
External links
- Rivers of Hong Kong, in Chinese
This article contains information translated from the corresponding article in Chinese Wikipedia.