Volcanic Philippine islands squeezed and lifted the Coastal Mountain Range into being. Its rock layers consist mainly of andesite, gravel, sand shale,...
Hualien receives abundant sunshine, averaging 1,280 hours per year. May through September are the peak months, while February receives the lowest amou...
During winter, northeast monsoon winds from the Pacific bring large amounts of cold water vapor, so Hualien rarely experiences a drought. During summe...
Due to typhoons and monsoons, Hualien’s average rainfall per year is around 2,000 millimeters, which is quite abundant. The rainy season lasts f...
In July and August, typhoons often develop off the Philippine coast and clash first with Taiwan’s east coast. That is why during summer strong w...
The Kuroshio Current is a special current in the Pacific Ocean that travels along the eastern Pacific Rim islands, carrying tropical waters to the fro...
Hualien’s geology, encompassing the eastern side of the Central Mountain Range, consists mostly of tertiary metamorphic rock. One famous example...
Taroko was formed from metamorphic rock, the oldest in Taiwan, which underwent orogeny and compression into a foliated structure. From winding Jiuqudo...
The Huadong Valley (East Rift Valley) sits at the border of a tectonic plate. Rivers are divided into east and west by the Central Mountain Range and ...