They also provide the footholds for dams that enable us to take maximum advantage of our water resources. It is important, of course, to be sure that dams are built on solid ground, which is one reason why geologists seek to understand what lies beneath our feet, from the metamorphic rock beneath the Central Mountain Range to the igneous formations of the East Coastal Range and the sedimentary layers in the west.
石不能言最可人，台灣岩石除了作為經濟發展的資源，板塊運動造成的台灣體質到底如何，答案也深藏在中央山脈的變質岩、海岸山脈的火山岩，與西部的沈積岩裡。「請你將兩手扶搭我們兩人，你是壩，我們兩人就是山。