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The Zhuoshui River has many faces. She can be an arid desert as well as a writhing torrent. She is Taiwan's longest river, covering some 187 kilometers and spanning nearly half of the island. People have lived along her banks for far longer than history records. They have profited from bountiful harvests nourished by her waters and fertile soils. Although many people have sought to make their mark on her, the impact she has made on them has been far more significant and enduring. Sediments carried by the Zhuoshui from deep within the island's interior is responsible for creating Taiwan's largest alluvial plain, today the nation's breadbasket, and its expansive western mudflats. Further, the Zhuoshui sediments built Taiwan's largest shoreline sandbar landscape - the Waisanding Sand Bar. The Zhuoshui's riverine silt has enriched all it has touched. Today, farmers grow a cornucopian variety of crops in the Zhuoshui's alluvial soils, raise sweet watermelo
Taipei, March 16 (CNA) A light airplane crashed in central Taiwan's Changhua County on Thursday, killing a Japanese national and the Taiwanese pilot, the Changhua Fire Bureau said.
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Despite its gloomy reputation, Yunlin County – rich in culture and history – can provide a tranquil escape from the bustle of big city life.
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Situated just over 200 kilometers southwest of Taipei by freeway, Yunlin County suffers from a reputation for being flat, uninteresting, and insignificant. It has none of Taiwan’s high mountains and no national parks. The 55-kilometer-long coastline lacks attractive beaches. And the county seat, Douliu (斗六, population 108,000), is no place for anyone in search of nightlife.
All that is true. Yet Yunlin has its own charm – a sleepy rural outpost that is nonetheless host to an abundance of historic architecture, traditional religious sites, breathtaking natural scenery, and local agricultural expertise.