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Taiwan Strait

The Taiwan Strait is a 180km-wide strait separating continental Asia and the island of Taiwan. A strait is a narrow water passage connecting two larger bodies of water, usually two seas. Straits can be formed naturally by tectonic plate movements or created by humans (called canals like the Suez Canal). While most straits are navigable, some are too narrow or shallow to allow safe movement of vessels.

Also referred to as the Formosa (“Beautiful”) Strait, the Taiwan Strait extends from the South China Sea in the southwest to the East China Sea in the northeast. It runs between the coast of the Fujian (Fukien) Province and the island of Taiwan.

the Taiwan Strait is relatively shallow. It has an average depth of about 490ft, and a minimum depth of 82ft. Several rivers including the Jiulong and Min rivers from China’s Fujian Province drain into the Taiwan Strait. 

370 million tons of sediments are deposited annually by the rivers of Taiwan draining into the Taiwan Strait.

Several islands are located in the strait. Kinmen and Matsu are two of the largest and most significant islands in the strait located off the Fujian coast of China. The biggest islands along the Taiwan side include Penghu (or Pescadores), Xiamen, and Pingtan. The Xiamen and Pingtan Islands are administered by the People’s Republic of China, while the other three islands: Penghu (or Pescadores), Kinmen, and Matsu are under the administration of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The Penghu (or Pescadores) Island is the largest and most populous island in the Taiwan Strait.

First Taiwan Strait Crisis “of 1954-1955.

Second Taiwan Strait Crisis” of 1958.

“Third Taiwan Strait Crisis” of 1996.

TAIWAN VOLCANOS.

Taiwan has 2 Holocene volcanoes

 Yushan  Jade Mountain,

ELEVATION: 12,966 FT- Yushan is the tallest mountain in Taiwan. With a summit peak of 12,966 feet high, this mountain is not just the tallest in Taiwan, but in all of East Asia.

only place on the Tropic of Cancer where scientists have observed evidence of glaciation. In other words, a time period during the ice age where “glacier advances” had happened.

->Sun Moon Lake.

->FORMED by two tectonic plates that the mountain range sits on: the Eurasian and Philippine Sea plates.

2.Alishan is a Taiwanese mountain range with a summit that boasts the “best sunrise” in all of Taiwan

most famous for its high altitude tea.

3.Hehuanshan, also known as “Joy Mountain,” is located inside Taroko National Park and borders the counties of Hualien and Nantou.

Xueshan is the second tallest mountain in Taiwan, only behind Yushan. Also called “Snow Mountain,” the magnificent mountain is just a few hundred feet shorter than Yushan. And for many years, it was mistakenly believed to be the tallest on the island.  (japan renamed)Tsugitakayama, which meant the “second tallest mountain. ” it was called Mount Sylvia during the age of the Qing Dynasty.

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12 Majestic Mountains in Taiwan - A Guide to Taiwan's Mountains (biglittleisland.com)

important cities of taiwan