Taiwan Postcards

Wushe Delta

Upstream of Choushui River, Central Taiwan


Lai, S. Y. J., and H. Capart (2009), Reservoir infill by hyperpycnal deltas over bedrock, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 36, L08402, doi:10.1029/2008GL037139. [PDF]

Wang, W. L. (2009), Delta fronts formed by bedload and turbid influxes into mountain reservoirs: field survey and experiments, M.S. thesis, Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Liu, H. H. (2010), The influence of water level fluctuation on reservoir delta morphodynamics: experiment and field measurement, M.S. thesis, Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wushe Reservoir

Density Currents in Wushe Reservoir

March 3-8, 2009

Wushe delta with density current

Gilbert-type Delta in Wushe Reservoir

December 11, 2009

Gilbert delta

Gilbert delta

Measurement

February 13-15, 2009

Measurement

Measurement

Measurement

Measurement

Measurement

March 5-8, 2009

on boat01

on boat02

tributary

together

Wushe Dam

January 17, 2009

Wushe dam02

Wushe dam01

Measurement

December 10-13, 2009

Wushe measurement

Wushe measurement

Wushe measurement

Wushe measurement

Aowanda River

March 5-8, 2009

AowandaRiver01

AowandaRiver02