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The Gaoping River Remediation Map |
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Tags: documents | Japanese colonial period | maps
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Date: 1927
Illustration: The Gaoping River Remediation Map
Scale: 1/100,000
Original archiving department: Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs |
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| Description: This map exhibits the Japanese colonial government’s remediation project of the Gaoping river. The embankment construction project altered the original river route which reduced the frequency of flooding, creating a significant impact on the utilization of lands in the Pingtung area in modern times and on the distribution of villages. |
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| Text and images are provided by The Map and Remote Sensing Imagery Digital Archive Project, Academia Sinica |
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