"To exaggerate a little, southern Taiwan is close to being swamped," says Professor Kuo Chin-tung of Cheng Kung University, who over recent years has been making a comprehensive survey of land loss from Taiwan. He has found that land is being swept away or sinking into the sea along over 1000 kilometers of the island's coastline.
「誇張地說，南部幾乎都快淹掉了」，近年來針對國土流失進行全面調查的成功大學教授郭金棟說，國土流失、沈陷海裡的狀況，在台灣一千多公里海岸線上隨處發生。