Keya Creek

Keya Creek (Chinese: 客雅溪; pinyin: Kèyǎ Xī) is a creek in northern Taiwan. Keya Creek is under the jurisdiction of the Central Management District. It was originally known as Xizhi Creek. The Creek covers Hsinchu County, Baoshan Township and Hsinchu City. Keya Creek starts from Zhudong Hills, then flowing down to the four townships of Shanhu, Baoshan, Daqi, and Shuangxi, then enters into Hsinchu City's Green Grass Lake, Hsinchu plains, then out into Taiwan Strait.^[5]

Keya Creek 隙仔溪 (Xìzǐ Creek)
Ke-Yar stream
Native name	客雅溪 (Chinese)
Location
Country	Taiwan
Physical characteristics
Source	Běikēng Bridge[1]
• location	Zhudong Hills [2]
• coordinates	24.716100°N 121.136862°E / 24.716100; 121.136862
• elevation	285 metres (935 ft)[3]
Mouth
• location	Taiwan Strait[1]
• coordinates	24.804573°N 120.901402°E / 24.804573; 120.901402
• elevation	0 metres (0 ft)[1][2]
Length	26.6 kilometres (16.5 mi)[2]
Basin size	25.6 square kilometres (9.9 sq mi)[1][2]
Discharge
• average	78.3 cubic metres per second (2,770 cu ft/s)[4]

History

Historically, Hsinchu's rice noodles were produced along Keya Creek, the noodle makers would set out basket for them to dry along the creek.^[6]

References

1. "The Planning of Regulation and Environment Rehabilitation of Ke-ya-Chi Drainage in Hsinchu Area" (PDF). Taiwan: Water Resources Planning Institute, Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
2. "中華民國內政部 臺灣地區地名查詢系統 客雅溪，存檔副本". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
3. "中華民國內政部 臺灣地區地名查詢系統 客雅溪，存檔副本". geo.ntnu.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
4. "客雅溪". 寶山鄉公所. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
5. 經濟部水利署第二河川局，http://www.wra02.gov.tw/riverplan6.asp Archived 2009-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Hsinchu City Three Centuries of History". Hsinchu City Travel. Retrieved 11 March 2018.