The results of a study carried out in 1975 indicate that the rate of soil erosion in Taiwan's upper elevations is 44 times that of Asia as whole, 152 times that of North America, and 13.6 times that of the Alps. Rapid erosion is typical of young mountain ranges, and nowhere is this phenomenon demonstrated more clearly than in Taiwan.
根據一九七五年地質學界的研究統計，台灣高山的土壤剝蝕率是亞洲平均的四十四倍，北美洲的一百五十二倍，阿爾卑斯山的十三．六倍，年輕造山運動的特質在此發揮到極點。