In continental countries with their broad terrain, long meandering rivers and gentle slopes, the useful life of a reservoir may be more than a century, and their water storage capacity also far exceeds that of dams built across Taiwan's steep, narrow valleys.
大陸型國家地形廣闊，河流蜿蜒、綿長，坡度平緩，水庫壽命可以超過百年，比起台灣峽谷型的水壩，蓄水量也遠遠跑在前頭。