The Pakua Plateau or Bagua Plateau (), also known as the Pakua Mountain Range (), is a
plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ...
located in central-western Taiwan. It stretches across
Changhua County
Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...
and
Nantou County. The plateau borders the
Changhua Plain in the west and the
Taichung Basin in the east. It is long and narrow, with a length of about 32 km and a width of about 4 to 7 km. The highest peak of the plateau is , which has a height of 424m.
See also
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Battle of Baguashan
References
Plateaus of Taiwan
Landforms of Changhua County
Landforms of Nantou County
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