Yilan Plain

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Yilan Plain, a view from the Lanyang River.

Yilan Plain (Chinese: 宜蘭平原), also called as the Lanyang Plain (蘭陽平原), is a plain area located at Yilan County of northeastern Taiwan. The Plain has an alluvial fan which formed by Lanyang River. It was resided by the Kavalans, an aboriginal group which mostly had migrated to southern places such as Hualien and Taitung.

v t e Topography of Taiwan

Mountain ranges	Alishan Range Central Mountain Range (Chungyang Range) Hai′an Range (Coastal Range) Hsuehshan (Xueshan) Range Yushan Range

Plateaus and hill lands	Hsinchu (Xinzhu) Hills Linkou Plateau Miaoli Hills Pakua (Bagua) Plateau Taoyuan Plateau Dadu Plateau

Plains	Changhua (Zhanghua) Plain Chianan (Jianan) Plain Huatung (Huadong) Valley Pingtung (Pingdong) Plain Yilan Plain

Basins	Puli Basins Taichung Basin Taipei Basin Taiyuan Basin

Volcano groups	Chilung (Jilong) Volcanoes Tatun Volcanoes

* The place names listed above are mainly romanized as Wade–Giles that used in most of academic articles.

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