Huadong Valley

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 花東縱谷 (Huādōng Zònggǔ)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hwäʹdo͝ongʹ

Proper noun

Huadong Valley

  1. A long and narrow valley located between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range in Taiwan.
    • 2020 December 18, Shelley Shan, “Electrified South Link Line services to start on Sunday”, in Taipei Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 January 2021, Taiwan News, page 2‎[2]:
      The line along the southeastern coast and through the Huadong Valley (花東縱谷) is Taiwan’s only main railway line that is not fully electrified.
    • 2022 February 16, Stephanie Chiang, “Magnitude 4.4 earthquake jolts east Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎[3], archived from the original on 15 April 2025, Environment‎[4]:
      While earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, most occur near or in eastern counties, as the Huadong Valley was formed when the Eurasian and Philippine Sea plates collided. The valley marks the exact location where the latter overlaps the former.

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