The student of history will be well familiar with the results of this process. When early Han Chinese settlers first arrived in Kupenkang (modern-day Peikang) in the early 17th century, they saw a shoreline that is now 18 kilometers inland, which means that the tidal flats here have been expanding outward at an average of 48 meters every year.
翻看台灣史，十七世紀初明鄭人物顏思齊自大陸來台，由古笨港登陸，也就是今天的北港，在時光洪流推移下，北港如今已遠離海岸線十八公里，等於每年形成四十八公尺的海埔新生地。