Additionally, some of the heaviest-hit areas this time-including Taimali and Zhiben in Taitung and Kaohsiung's Liugui Township-are situated on alluvial fans where the rivers flow out into the plains, making them especially susceptible to such disasters.
再如這次屬重災區的台東縣太麻里、知本溫泉區，以及高雄縣的六龜，都位於河流剛由山區進入平地的沖積扇上，本就是容易發生災害的地點。