🌲 Taroko National Park

Taiwan · Asia · National Park · 24.17°N, 121.33°E

Taroko National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is located in Xiulin Township. The Taroko Gorge forms one of only three river-carved gorges in the world cut entirely through pure marble, ranking alongside Bhedaghat Gorge in Jabalpur, India and Trigrad Gorge in Bulgaria.

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Quick facts

Country	Taiwan
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	24.17°N, 121.33°E · view on map

Taroko National Park is a national park in Taiwan, in Asia. The details of why Taroko National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Taiwan

Yushan National Park · Kinmen National Park · Kenting National Park · Shei-Pa National Park · Yangmingshan National Park · Dongsha Atoll National Park · Taijiang National Park · South Penghu Marine National Park · Wazihwei Nature Reserve.

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