Ten Thousand Year Gorge
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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 Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
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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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References

Canyons and gorges of Asia Landforms of Yunlin County {{taiwan-geo-stub