Yilan River

{{Short description|River in Yilan County, Taiwan}}

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| image = Liwu Bridge across Yilan River in Yilan City.jpg

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| pushpin_map_alt = Map showing the mouth of Yilan River

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| mouth_location = Zhuangwei, Yilan County

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The Yilan River ({{zh|t=宜蘭河|p=Yílán Hé|w=I2-lan2 Ho2}}){{cite web |url=http://geonames.nga.mil/namesviewer/ |title=GeoNames Search |work=Geographic Names Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA |access-date=19 June 2016}} is a tributary of the Lanyang River in Yilan County, northeast Taiwan.{{cite web |url=http://www.wra.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=12956&CtNode=4348 |title=Lanyang River |language=zh |publisher=Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs |access-date=19 June 2016}} It flows through Yilan for 25 kilometers.

Image:Lanyangrivermap.png

Fauna

Three turtle species occur in the Yilan River: the native Chinese stripe-necked turtle and yellow pond turtle, and the introduced red-eared slider, which outnumbers the native species. Glass eels of two eel species, Anguilla japonica and Anguilla marmorata, are found in the river.

See also

References

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{{cite book |title=Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks |chapter=Distribution and status of the introduced red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Taiwan |last=Chen |first=T. H. |year=2006 |publisher=Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan and IUCN, Gland, Switzerland |pages=187–195 |chapter-url=http://vege1.kan.ynu.ac.jp/isp/pdf/Chen.pdf |isbn=978-4-87974-604-7}}

{{cite journal|last1=Han|first1=Yu-San|last2=Yambot|first2=Apolinario V.|last3=Zhang|first3=Heng|last4=Hung|first4=Chia-Ling |year=2012 |title=Sympatric spawning but allopatric distribution of Anguilla japonica and Anguilla marmorata: temperature- and oceanic current-dependent sieving |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=e37484 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0037484 |pmid=22675481 |pmc=3366981|doi-access=free}}

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{{commons category|Yilan River}}

Category:Rivers of Taiwan

Category:Landforms of Yilan County, Taiwan

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