Shifen Waterfall

Shifen Waterfall is a scenic waterfall located in , , , on the upper reaches of the . The falls' total height is 20 metres and 40 metres in width, making it the broadest waterfall in Taiwan.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in New Taipei
  • Also known as: “Shifen waterfall” and “十分瀑布”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shifen Waterfall Park and Glasses Hole Waterfall.

Park
Photo: fullfen666, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waterfall
Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0.
is situated 250 metres west of Shifen Waterfall.

Railway station
Photo: Alexsh, CC BY 2.0.
is a railway station located in , New Taipei, . It is located on the Pingxi line and is operated by the Taiwan Railway. is situated 1 km east of Shifen Waterfall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pingxi and Ruifang.

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
District, is a rural district in New Taipei, . The source of the is in , which is inside District. It was an important coal mining town in the early 20th century.

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Rueifang is a district . The area used to be an important mining area but now relies more heavily on tourism.

Suburb
Photo: JeanHavoc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also Nuan Nuan, is a district of the city of , . is situated 8 km northwest of Shifen Waterfall.

Shifen Waterfall

Latitude
25.04895° or 25° 2′ 56″ north
Longitude
121.78732° or 121° 47′ 14″ east
Height
20 metres (66 feet)
Width
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
7QQ32QXP+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1233402716
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Wiki­data ID
Q38369
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Satellite Map

Discover Shifen Waterfall from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Shifen Waterfall” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cascades Shifen”
  • Chinese: “Cha̍p-hūn Pho̍k-pò͘”
  • Chinese: “十分瀑布”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيفين واتيرفال”
  • French: “cascade de Shifen”
  • French: “Cascade de Shifen”
  • French: “十分瀑布”
  • Georgian: “შიფენის ჩანჩქერი”
  • German: “Shifen Da Pubu”
  • German: “Shifen Wasserfall”
  • German: “十分瀑布”
  • Indonesian: “Air Terjun Shifen”
  • Japanese: “十分瀑布”
  • Korean: “스펀 폭포”
  • Mazanderani: “ئوشار شیفن”
  • Mazanderani: “شیفن ئوشار”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cha̍p-hūn Pho̍k-pò͘”
  • Mingrelian: “შიფენიშ წყარგელაფუ”
  • Mongolian: “Шифэнь”
  • Persian: “آبشار شیفن”
  • Persian: “ابشار شیفن”
  • Spanish: “Cascada Shifen”
  • Tajik: “Обшори Шифен”
  • Tajik: “Шаршараи Шифен”
  • Tajik: “Шифен”
  • Tamil: “சிபென் அருவி”
  • Urdu: “شیفن آبشار”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 觀瀑平台4 and 觀瀑平台2.

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