Taiwan is bounded by ocean on all sides. The Taiwan Strait to the west is quite shallow at an average depth of 60 meters, while not far from the eastern coastline, where mountains abut against the Pacific, the waters reach depths of around 1000 meters, offering a mother lode of deep-sea water.
台灣四週環海，西部台灣海峽河岸平緩，平均水深為 60 公尺，而瀕臨太平洋的東部沿岸卻是山海相連，離岸不遠，海深即可達到 1,000 公尺，造就全世界得天獨厚的深層「海水礦」。