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 ha ...

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 smallest ...

and

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

. The plateau borders the

Changhua Plain Changhua Plain (), which is sometimes listed as "Changhua Coastal Plain", is an alluvial plain in central Taiwan on the west coast between the Old Zhuoshui River (舊濁水溪) and Dadu River (Taiwan), Dadu River, and bordered to the east by the B ...

in the west and the

Taichung Basin The Taichung Basin () is located in the central region of western Taiwan. It occupies some parts of Taichung City, Nantou County and Changhua County. The basin borders the Choshui River in the south; the hill lands of Nantou in the east; th ...

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.

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Plateaus of Taiwan Landforms of Changhua County Landforms of Nantou County {{Taiwan-geo-stub

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