Pingtung Plain

Pingtung Plain

Pingtung Plain (Chinese: 屏東平原) is a plain area located at counties of Pingtung and Kaohsiung. It includes the alluvial fan of Kaoping River, whice forms the largest drainage area of rivers in Taiwan, [cite web |url=http://www.eridanus.cz/svet/hmota/telesa/planety/Zeme/mapa/Asie/Vychodni_Asie/Taiwan/Yearbook2002/chpt01-1.htm |title=Geography: Taiwan |accessdate=2008-07-17 |work= |publisher=Government Information Office, Republic of China |date= ] and also passed by other shorter rivers such as Tungkang River, Linpian River (林邊溪) and Shihwen River (士文溪). The plain is faces the Taiwan Strait on the southwest, lies to the east of Kaohsiung City, and at the west of Central Mountain Range.

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