Qingshui Cliff ( Chinese : 清水斷崖 ; Hanyu Pinyin : Qīngshuǐ Duànyá ; Tongyong Pinyin : Cingshuěi Duànyá ; Wade–Giles : Ch'ing-shui Tuanya ) is a 21 kilometer length of coastal cliffs averaging 800 meters above sea level in Xiulin Township , Hualien County , Taiwan . The tallest peak, Qingshui Mountain, rises 2408 meters directly from the Pacific Ocean . The cliff is located at the southern part of the Suhua Highway that connects the counties of Yilan and Hualien in eastern Taiwan . It is considered to be a very scenic area and is the highest coastal cliff in Taiwan. It is located within Taroko National Park .
10-606: The formation of the Qingshui Cliff was caused by the orogenic movement, with the Philippine Plate and the Eurasian Plate forming a fault line. The outcropping above sea level is composed of metamorphosed limestone marble , gneiss , and green schist , and is classified as a metamorphic complex area of Dananao on the geological map. Because there are very few coastal cliffs in the world that exhibit such
20-504: A great elevation drop, the natural landscape of "high cliff valley" makes Qingshui cliff a rare coastal cliff. The coast of the Qingshui Cliff is continually beaten and eroded by the sea water of the Pacific Ocean, and the rock walls on it are subject to natural forces such as earthquakes and typhoons. The beaches below are full of different sizes of marble stones, from giant boulders to grains of sand. The depiction of Qingshui Cliff
30-554: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Okinawa plate The Okinawa plate , or Okinawa platelet , is a minor continental tectonic plate in the northern and eastern hemispheres stretching from the northern end of Taiwan to the southern tip of the island of Kyūshū . The Okinawa plate hosts typical earthquakes , like the 1911 Kikai Island earthquake , and various types of slow earthquakes , including low frequency earthquakes, very low frequency earthquakes, tremor, and slow slip events. The eastern side of
40-794: Is also a divergent boundary between the Philippine Sea plate and the small Mariana plate which carries the Mariana Islands. To the east, the Pacific plate subducts beneath the Philippine Sea plate at the Izu–Ogasawara Trench . To the south, the Philippine Sea plate is bounded by the Caroline plate and Bird's Head plate . To the west, the Philippine Sea plate subducts under the Philippine Mobile Belt at
50-458: Is featured in the newly issued passport of the People's Republic of China in 2012, a move that triggered protest from Taipei to Beijing . Qingshui Cliff can act as a dispersal barrier. It separates the eastern and western clades of brown tree frog ( Buergeria robusta ) as well as two sibling species of Takydromus lizards, T. viridipunctatus and T. luyeanus . In the latter case,
60-795: The Philippine Trench and the East Luzon Trench . (The adjacent rendition of Prof. Peter Bird's map is inaccurate in this respect.) To the northwest, the Philippine Sea plate meets Taiwan and the Nansei islands on the Okinawa plate , and southern Japan on the Amurian plate . It also meets the Yangtze plate due northwest. 26°N 132°E / 26°N 132°E / 26; 132 This tectonics article
70-588: The Philippine plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea , to the east of the Philippines. Most segments of the Philippines, including northern Luzon , are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt , which is geologically and tectonically separate from the Philippine Sea plate. The plate is bordered mostly by convergent boundaries : To the north,
80-644: The Okinawa plate forms a convergent boundary with the Philippine Sea plate , forming the Ryukyu Trench and the island arc that forms the Ryukyu Islands . The Okinawa plate is bounded on the western side by the Okinawa Trough , a back arc basin and divergent boundary with the Yangtze plate . A section of the southern boundary between the Okinawa plate and the Philippine Sea plate is
90-952: The Philippine Sea plate meets the Okhotsk microplate at the Nankai Trough . The Philippine Sea plate, the Amurian plate , and the Okhotsk plate meet near Mount Fuji in Japan. The thickened crust of the Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc colliding with Japan constitutes the Izu Collision Zone. The east of the plate includes the Izu – Ogasawara (Bonin) and the Mariana Islands , forming the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system. There
100-529: The separation occurs over a single river, the Liwu River . Qingshui Cliff is accessible southwest from Heren Station of the Taiwan Railways . On April 2, 2021, a Taroko Express train derailed at the entrance of Daqingshui Tunnel near the cliffs after it collided with a truck that rolled down onto the tracks, killing at least 51. Philippine Plate The Philippine Sea plate or
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