The Coastal Mountain Range, also known as the Hai'an Range (), is a
mountain range
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situated on the eastern coast of the
island of Taiwan
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, and spans the border between
Hualien and
Taitung Counties. The Coastal Mountain Range is the northern portion of the Luzon Arc but do not present current volcanic activity. Its geology is mainly composed of a Miocene volcanic basement covered by a thick (ca.4-6km) sedimentary pile of deep to shallow marine clastic deposits mostly derived from the adjacent Central Range mountains to the west.
The
Huadong Valley, the result of the collision of two
tectonic plate
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s, is at the west end of the range, and the tallest peak of the range is
Xingangshan (新港山), which stands tall. Currently those peaks are still rising with an annual speed of 3 mm. The Hai'an Range is also converging with
Central Mountain Range with an average speed of 2.3 cm per year.
There are several small basins located around the range, the largest of which is
Taiyuan Basin The Taiyuan Basin () is located around the southern tail of the Hai'an Range in eastern Taiwan. The entire basin is located in the Dunghe Township of Taitung County. It is the traditional territory of the indigenous
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.
Gallery
Image:Taiwan 2009 HuaLien Rice Paddy at Foot of Mountain FRD 6130 Book Back Cover.jpg
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Image:Taiwan 2009 HuaLien Farmers Residence by Field and Mountain FRD 6158.jpg
Image:Taiwan 2009 East Coast Mountain Range FRD 6296 Pano Extracted.jpg
Image:Taiwan 2009 East Coast Mountain Range FRD 6317.jpg
See also
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Hualien
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Taitung
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Convergent boundary
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Mountain ranges of Taiwan
Landforms of Hualien County
Landforms of Taitung County
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