Central Mountain Range

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geographical feature mountain range

The Central Mountain Range is Taiwan’s principal and longest mountain chain, running north–south through the island’s interior and forming a major climatic and geographic divide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Central Mountain Range canonical	3
Central Mountain Range (eastern foothills)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
affects	settlement patterns in Taiwan ⓘ transportation patterns in Taiwan ⓘ
age	Cenozoic ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Zhongyang Shanmai NERFINISHED ⓘ
ChineseName	中央山脈 NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Hehuanshan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanhu Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Nenggao Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Qilai Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Xueshan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yushan NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainageDivideFor	east‑flowing rivers of Taiwan ⓘ west‑flowing rivers of Taiwan ⓘ
formedBy	collision of the Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
forms	major climatic divide in Taiwan ⓘ major geographic divide in Taiwan ⓘ
geology	orogenic belt ⓘ primarily metamorphic rocks ⓘ
hasClimate	cooler high‑mountain climate at higher elevations ⓘ
hasEcosystem	alpine vegetation ⓘ subtropical forests ⓘ temperate forests ⓘ
hasSignificantBiodiversity	true ⓘ
highestPointElevationFeet	12966 ⓘ
highestPointElevationMetres	3952 ⓘ
highestPointName	Mount Yu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yushan NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	rainfall distribution in Taiwan ⓘ river systems of Taiwan ⓘ
isLongestMountainChainOf	Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPrincipalMountainChainOf	Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
isTectonicallyActive	true ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn	Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Taiwan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientation	north–south ⓘ
partOf	Taiwanese mountain system ⓘ
runsThrough	interior of Taiwan ⓘ
separates	eastern Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ western Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	ecotourism ⓘ hiking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nantou County → traversedBy → Central Mountain Range ⓘ

Wushe → locatedInMountainRange → Central Mountain Range ⓘ

Hualien, Taiwan → near → Central Mountain Range ⓘ

Yilan County → hasMountainRange → Central Mountain Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Mountain Range (eastern foothills)