It turns out that since ancient times rivers on the Eurasian continent have been dumping silt into the ocean, slowly creating the land bulge we now know as Taiwan. The earliest bit of Taiwan to rise above sea level was the eastern wing of the Central Mountain Range, specifically, the Taroko area.
原來，太古以來，歐亞大陸滔滔河川的沖刷與沈澱物堆積，已悄悄醞釀日後的台灣島，而美麗島最早生肌長肉、最早被板塊拱出水面的地點，就是位在中央山脈東翼的太魯閣。