Taichung Basin

Satellite picture of Taichung Basin.

The riverbed of Caohu River in Taichung Basin.

Taichung Basin (Chinese: 台中盆地; pinyin: Táizhōng Péndì) is located in the central region of western Taiwan. It occupies some parts of Taichung City and Nantou County. It faces the Choshui River on the south; the hill lands of Nantou on the east; Tatu Plateau on the northwest; and Pakua Plateau on the southwest. A notch connecting Taichung Basin to the seacoast of Taichung City is located between two plateaus.

Panoramic photography

West←Downtown Taichung City is located in the Taichung Basin.→East

Topography of Taiwan

Mountain ranges	Alishan Range Central Mountain Range (Chungyang Range) Hai′an Range (Coastal Range) 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.

Taichung Basin

Panoramic photography

See also