蘭陽溪Lanyang River/Plain, Yilan County

Lanyang (蘭陽; lit. “orchid sun”) River flows west-to-east 73 km across the Lanyang Plain (蘭陽平原). It was formerly known as 濁水溪 (Mdn.: Zhuoshuixi ; lit. “muddy water river”).

The 蘭 (lan; "orchid") part of the name derives from Kavalan (transliterated into Chinese as 噶瑪蘭), the local Aboriginal ethnic group. (For more on this see Yilan and Kavalan.)



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