Coordinates: 22°12′19.7″N 120°51′18.2″E / 22.205472°N 120.855056°E / 22.205472; 120.855056

Dongyuan Wetland

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Dongyuan Wetland
東源濕地 (Chinese)
Dongyuan Wetland is located in Pingtung County
Dongyuan Wetland
Dongyuan Wetland
LocationMudan, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Coordinates22°12′19.7″N 120°51′18.2″E / 22.205472°N 120.855056°E / 22.205472; 120.855056
Typewetland
First flooded1995
Surface area1.12 square kilometres (0.43 sq mi)

The Dongyuan Wetland (traditional Chinese: 東源濕地; simplified Chinese: 东源湿地; pinyin: Dōngyuán Shīdì) is a wetland in Mudan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

History

The wetland area used to be a rice farmland. After the construction of Mudan Dam in 1995, the area was submerged by the reservoir the dam created and the land evolved into wetland.[1]

Geology

The wetland spans over an area of 1.12 km2 and is a conservation area.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dongyuan Important Wetland". Taiwan's Wetland Ramsar Citizen. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.