The Ten Thousand Year Gorge () is a
canyon in
Gukeng Township,
Yunlin County
Yunlin County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County ...
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Taiwan
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History
The gorge was formed by the continuous erosion of stream to the bedrocks.
Geology
The canyon has various geological variations and stream erosion. The stream that passes the gorge starts from Tongxin Waterfall () on the upstream upstream and plunges over series of small waterfalls before plummeting over a much larger Dragon Phoenix Waterfall () at its downstream. Half way lies a large 10-meter deep Treasure Island Pool ().
See also
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Geography of Taiwan
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References
Canyons and gorges of Asia
Landforms of Yunlin County
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