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17-645: The dam was proposed in the 1970s during a period of severe drought in northern Taiwan. The reservoir site was located on the Beishi River, which joins with the Nanshi River to form the Xindian River which flows through New Taipei City. A dam built here would hold back water during the wet season, when the flow in Nanshi River alone is enough to meet water demands, and release water to augment supplies as needed during

34-499: A neutral tone, sometimes indicated by å(aj) in DT, has no specific contour ; its pitch always depends on the tones of the preceding syllables. Taiwanese speakers refer to this tone as the "neutral tone" ( Chinese : 輕聲 ). Tone sandhi or chain shift by circulation, as the tones are encoded by appending and modifying spellings with attention to the rules of the DT system. The basic tone has no modification and tone mark. Generally speaking,

51-614: A syllable, in which case they are pronounced with no audible release . (The final h in DT stands for a glottal stop.) All syllables in each word are normally separated by the dash (-) mark. Generally, syllables before the dash which must undergo tone sandhi . Dê 1 diău Lāng-lăng seⁿ-låi zû-iŭ, zāi zūn-ghiăm gāh kuăn-lī siòng it-lip bīng-dìng. In hù-iù li-sîng gāh liōng-sim, lî-ciaⁿ ìng-gai i hiānn-dī gūan-hē ē zīng-sĭn hō-siōng dùi-dāi. Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in

68-542: A word's pitch constantly conveys emotion but often does not influence its meaning. In Taiwanese, which has nine tones and two extra tones, neutral tone and nasal vowel . Tones are expressed by diacritics ; checked syllables (i.e. those ending with glottal stops ) are followed by the letter h. Where diacritics are not technically available, e.g. on some parts of the internet, tone alphabet may be used instead. Examples for these tones: ciūⁿ (elephant), bâ (leopard), bhè (horse), di (pig), zŭa (snake), āh (duck), lok (deer). And,

85-463: Is governed by Water Management Office of Taipei City Government overseen by the Water Resources Agency . The river flows through Wulai District and Xindian District of New Taipei City and Yilan County for 45 km. It is one of the tributaries of Xindian River . At Guishan, Xindian, it combines with Beishi River to form Xindian River . There are many public hot springs along

102-530: Is inconsistent with the use of h's in the Legge romanization and the use of the diacritic in the International Phonetic Alphabet to signal consonantal aspiration . The nasals m, n, and ng can be appended to any of the vowels and some of the diphthongs. In addition, m and ng can function as independent syllables by themselves. The stops h , g , b and d can appear as the last letter in

119-565: Is located immediately downstream, to reduce erosion from floodwater releases. Located in a seismically active zone, Feitsui Dam is designed to withstand a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The Feicui Reservoir has a water storage capacity of 460 million cubic meters (370,000 acre feet ) and an active capacity of 335.5 million cubic meters (272,000 acre feet). The reservoir is operated for water supply, with flood control and hydro power generation as secondary purposes. The main purchasers of water are Taipei Water Department and Taiwan Water Corporation . After

136-423: Is released through three sets of gates. The crest spillway is controlled by 8 radial gates , each 9.3 metres (31 ft) high and 14 metres (46 ft) wide. The bottom sluice way is controlled by three fixed wheel gates of 3 by 2.5 metres (9.8 ft × 8.2 ft). There is also a tunnel spillway, consisting of a tunnel 386.13 metres (1,266.8 ft) long and 10 metres (33 ft) wide. With all gates open

153-846: Is used in New Taipei. The service area incorporates about 6.3 million people–a quarter of Taiwan's population. In 2014, the Feicui Reservoir supplied a total of 344.5 million cubic meters (279,300 acre feet) of water for municipal and industrial uses, or about 944,000 cubic meters (249 million gallons) per day. Feicui Dam is the largest concrete dam in Taiwan. The dam is a three-centered double curvature arch, 122.5 metres (402 ft) tall, 510 metres (1,670 ft) long, and consisting of 703,675 cubic metres (920,372 cu yd) of material. The dam crest has an elevation of 172.5 metres (566 ft) above sea level. A forebay dam 33 metres (108 ft) high

170-460: The Latin alphabet for Taiwanese Hokkien based upon Tongyong Pinyin . It is able to use the Latin alphabet to indicate the proper variation of pitch with nine diacritic symbols. DT in its present form has 17 initials, 18 finals and 8 tones. Taiwanese is a tonal language , so the pitch ( tone ) of a spoken word affects its meaning, same as the written words. However, in non-tonal languages,

187-512: The Shihmen Dam . There are also few, if any designated access and view points on the 15 km (9.3 mi) long Feicui Reservoir. The closest major road is Provincial Highway 9 . Nanshi River The Nanshi River ( Chinese : 南勢溪 ; Hanyu Pinyin : Nánshì Xī ; Tongyong Pinyin : Nánshìh Si ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Lâm-sì-khe ; DT : Lamsiw kev) is a river in Taiwan . The river

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204-526: The Zengwun Reservoir , Feicui is the second biggest lake in Taiwan. Hydroelectricity is produced at the Gueishan Power Station, which has one Francis turbine with a capacity of 70 megawatts . The plant operates under a gross head of 89 metres (292 ft), and the annual power generation is 223 million kilowatt hours . The maximum flow rate is 102 m/s (3,600 cu ft/s). Water

221-417: The river banks . 24°54′08″N 121°33′23″E  /  24.9023°N 121.5565°E  / 24.9023; 121.5565 This article related to a river in Taiwan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Daighi tongiong pingim Daī-ghî tōng-iōng pīng-im ( abbr : DT; Chinese : 臺語通用拼音 ; lit. 'Taiwanese phonetic transcription system') is an orthography in

238-862: The basic tone means the 7th tone (mid even tone; yangqu). A DT word, like an English word, can be formed by only one syllable or several syllables, with the two syllables being the general typicality. Each syllable in DT follows one of the six underlying patterns: The DT alphabet adopts the Latin alphabet of 19 letters, 4 digraphs , and 6 diacritics to express the basic sounds of Taiwanese : bh, z, c, gh, h, r, g, k, l, m, n, ng, b, p, s, d, t Note that unlike their typical interpretation in modern English language , bh and gh are voiced and unaspirated , whereas b , g , and d are plain unvoiced as in Hanyu Pinyin . p , k , and t are unvoiced and aspirated, corresponding closer to p , t , and k in English. It

255-483: The dam can release 9,870 cubic metres per second (349,000 cu ft/s) of floodwater. The dam and reservoir are noted for the lack of public access, in order to protect the quality of the drinking water. With the exception of maintenance workers and Taipei City officials, visitation to the dam itself requires a special appointment and must be accompanied by a certified guide. In 2014, a total of 15,798 people toured Feitsui dam compared to 1.7 million people who visited

272-403: The dry season. This dam site was considered favorable because of good soil and forest conditions of the upstream watershed ; at the time human development consisted mainly of tea plantations. The quality was much better than the watershed behind Shihmen Dam , the other major water source for greater Taipei, which has suffered crippling sediment issues due to deforestation. In order to preserve

289-545: The watershed, the Taiwan government evicted many residents in upstream areas. Although the Dam is located in New Taipei, construction was funded by Taipei City, in order to provide water to the capital. Construction began in August 1979 and was completed in June 1987. The dam cost NT$ 11.4 billion to construct. Today about 46 percent of the water is delivered to Taipei City and 54 percent

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