Were the Keelung River to be artificially straightened out, the question arises whether it would still be able to absorb large flows of water and what threat that might pose to the lives and property of the over 100,000 people who live downstream.
取直後，沒有彎曲河道緩衝洪水，水可能迅速沖到下游，對兩岸與下游十幾萬居民生命財產造成威脅。