Hydrology Geology of Taiwan

beitou hot spring valley

many of rocks in taiwan have low pore space , have little ground water.

there several hot springs in taiwan, around northern volcanic region. chingshui geothermal region named after cingshuei river 13 km south west of yilan.

rivers in taiwan transport large amount of sediment sea. south end of longitudonal valley discharges peinan river 88,000,000 tons of sediment per year. east flowing rivers move 17, 15 31 , 22 megatons per year of sediment. cho shiu shifts 54 mt per year. rivers running south central range move on 100 mt of sediment per year.