Looking at the other parts of the world on the same latitude as Taiwan, in Africa there is the Sahara desert, while in North America are the "badlands" around the US-Mexico border. But Taiwan's northern coast is covered with a range of vegetation. "You have to give the northeast seasonal winds the credit for that," says Huang Juei-hsiung.
相較於世界上與台灣北部相同緯度的地區﹘ ﹘在非洲是撒哈拉沙漠，在美洲墨西哥則是乾旱山區，台灣北海岸的山脈卻有蒼翠完整的植被，「這要拜東北季風所賜」，黃瑞祥指出。