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Central Mountain Range
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English
Central Mountain Range
Etymology
en zh 中央山脈 Central Mountain Range Zhōngyāng Shānmài.
Proper noun
Central Mountain Range
A mountain range running through central Taiwan Island.
en November 5, 2013 Cain Nunns Resort by a Lake, Fit for a Generalissimo w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20131106051300/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/travel/Taiwan-Hopes-Lake-Will-Draw-Mainland-Tourists.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/travel/Taiwan-Hopes-Lake-Will-Draw-Mainland-Tourists.html November 06, 2013 0362-4331 1645522 Travel While the boats are the quickest way to take it all in, a 23-mile, or 37-kilometer, road that rings the lake draws cyclists and walkers. And trails, nestled in the foothills of the island’s Central Mountain Range, either snake up to the peaks or hug the water’s natural contours.
en January 22, 2019 Amy B Wang Taiwan’s ‘bikini hiker’ dies after falling into ravine on solo trek w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041307/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/23/taiwans-bikini-hiker-dies-after-falling-into-ravine-solo-trek/?utm_term=.6da020897544 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/23/taiwans-bikini-hiker-dies-after-falling-into-ravine-solo-trek/ January 24, 2019 0190-8286 2269358 Worldviews Wu’s final Facebook post, dated Jan. 18, showed simply a tent and a glorious layer of clouds beneath what she said was the highest peak of Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range.
en 06 December 2021 Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion https://web.archive.org/web/20211206031641/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211206-taiwan-rushes-to-contain-sudden-cane-toad-invasion 06 December 2021 w:France 24 There should be no reason for these large and highly toxic amphibians to exist in Chaotun, a township in the foothills of Taiwan's central mountain range.
Synonyms
from Mandarin Chinese en Chungyang Shanmai, en Zhongyang Shanmai, en Chungyang Shanmo
Translations
central mountain range of Taiwan Island
Chinese:
Hokkien: nan-hbl 中央山脈 Tiong-iong-soaⁿ-me̍h
Mandarin: cmn 中央山脈 Zhōngyāng Shānmài
Further reading
en 2008 Central Mountain Range or Chungyang Shan Mo Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 704 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/704/ 1
en Places in Taiwan