Central Taiwan Mountains
The Tree Central Mountains or Zhongyang or Chungyang Mountains ( Chinese 中央 山脈 , Pinyin Zhōngyāng Shānmài , W.-G. Chung 1 -yang 1 Shan 1 -mai 4 ) is a mountain range in the interior of the island of Taiwan and the largest mountain range on the island Taiwan. In a broader sense, it is understood to mean the entire mountain range that extends across the island in a south-north direction. In the narrower sense that is usually used, it is understood to mean the southern part and delimits the Xueshan Mountains in the north and the Yushan Mountains in the west . The Central Taiwan Mountains are separated from the Haian Coast Mountains to the east by the Huatung Trench ( Huatung Valley ).
It has a length of about 350 km and a width of 80 km. To the east it drops off steeply, to the west in terraces. The highest mountain, Yushan, has a height of 3,952 m. The indigenous Atayal , Bunun and Tsou peoples live in the mountains .
Shueishe Mountain as seen from Sun Moon Lake
View from the top of the Wuling des Hehuanshan
In places the central mountain range extends directly to the sea, such as the Qingshui cliff in northern Hualien
Individual evidence
- ↑ Executive Yuan (ed.): The Republic of China Yearbook 2016 . 2016, ISBN 978-986-05-0041-7 , ISSN 1013-0942 (English).
- ^ Taiwan: Landscapes. EU-Asien.de, accessed on February 9, 2016 .
- ^ The Little Taiwan Lexicon: Taiwan. (PDF) taiwantourismus.de, accessed on October 3, 2017 .