Ho Chung River Main
Ho Chung River is located at Sai Kung. It drains water from the area near Buffalo Hill and Tung Yeung Shan, and flows into Pak Sha Wan. Its drainage improvement works, which was completed in 2009, had incorporated many environmentally and ecologically friendly measures such as natural river bed, fish ladder, etc. The water quality is good according to the result of EPD river water quality monitoring programme.
Scientific name:
Trachemys scripta elegans
Common name:
Red-eared Slider
Chinese name:
巴西龜
Animal group:
Reptile
Scientific name:
Fejervarya limnocharis
Common name:
Paddy Frog
Chinese name:
澤蛙
Animal group:
Amphibian
Scientific name:
Caridina cantonensis
Common name:
Freshwater Shrimp
Chinese name:
廣東米蝦
Animal group:
Aquatic Invertebrates
Scientific name:
Gracupica nigricollis
Common name:
Black-collared Starling
Chinese name:
黑領椋鳥
Animal group:
Birds
Scientific name:
Motacilla alba
Common name:
White Wagtail
Chinese name:
白鶺鴒
Animal group:
Birds
Scientific name:
Liniparhomaloptera disparis
Common name:
Broken-band Hillstream Loach
Chinese name:
擬平鰍
Animal group:
Freshwater Fish
Scientific name:
Puntius semifasciolatus
Common name:
Chinese Barb
Chinese name:
五線無鬚䰾
Animal group:
Freshwater Fish
This website presents the information collected from 2012-2020 in the selected 25 river sections
