Wushanding Mud Volcano, Yanchao
Share
 Loading ...
|
||
Wushanding Mud Volcano, Yanchao |
|
|
Wushanding Mud Volcano is located in the Cishan Fault Zone. There is abundant natural gas and groundwater beneath the ground surface. Due to the soft mudstones, natural gas mixes with groundwater and mud during eruption, thereby forming thick mudflows. The deposition of mudflows at fumaroles gradually results in typical mud cones after a long period of time. In March 1992, the Council of Agriculture under the Executive Yuan proclaimed that this place became the Wushanding Mud Volcano Nature Reserve pursuant to the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act. With an area of 4.89 hectares, this nature reserve is the smallest in Taiwan, but it is also the largest and best preserved mud volcano reserve in the country.
Wushanding Mud Volcano is located in the Cishan Fault Zone. There is abundant natural gas and groundw...
The topography of Wangyou Valley is similar to the mudstone-structured Taiyang Valley with steep zigz...
The New Yangnu Lake, a typical mud volcano of mud marr shape, is located at the Jinshan Village of Ya...
New Taiyang Valley is located between Wushanding Mud Volcano and Jiguan Hill, 2 kilometers from Taiya...
Jiguan Mountain has an elevation of 210 meters, a length of approximately 1 kilometer and a thickness...
Waterfalls in Taiwan are mostly hidden in remote mountains, making waterfalls nearby plains very rare...
Jiguan Mountain has an elevation of 210 meters, a length of approximately 1 kilometer and a thickness...
Situated at Jinshan, Yanchao, Taiyang Valley features the steepest terrain among the badlands in Yanc...
Situated at Jinshan, Yanchao, Taiyang Valley features the steepest terrain among the badlands in Yanc...
Jhongliao Mountain, with an elevation of 421 meters, is a residual mountain of Jade Mountain Range. J...
Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.
Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.
I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.
The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.
China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.
Text by Steve Smith.
