...........................
............................................................................................................................
The island of Taiwan straddles the Tropic of Cancer, separated from the mainland Chinese province of Fujian by the Taiwan Strait, 160 kilometres wide at its narrowest point. Taiwan is shaped somewhat like a tobbaco leaf, with its tip pointing toward Japan. It stretches 390 kilometres in length and about 140 kilometres wide at its broadest point. Its total area of nearly 36,000 square kilometres makes Taiwan about the size of Holland. Also controlled by Taipei are the Penghu archipelago and the islands of Kinmen.
The central core of Taiwan is a range of forest-fringed mountains, hard rock formation forged from ancient centuries of volcanic activity. The range bisects the island from north to south, covers two-thirds of the island and is almost impenetrable because of its extreme ruggedness. More than 200 of the island’s peaks rise 3,000 metres or more in altitude. Taiwan’s tallest peak is Yu Shan (Mount Jade) at 3,952 metres. Heavy rainfall has deeply scarred its face wth gorges and valleys.
Climate || Language || People & Religions || History
@ Copyright by REGIT Sdn Bhd. All rights reserved