Ecology expert Huang Jui-hsiang uses the metaphor of an airplane ride to describe the behavior of airborne moisture: "It flies over the plains without delivering its life-giving rain, and nothing can bring it back to earth except the mountains!" Chen Yu-feng writes: "Taiwan enjoys plentiful water resources.
「坐飛機經過大平原，沒有山，雲就這樣飄過去了，雨水也就無緣滋潤大地」，生態學博士黃瑞祥得意的形容，點出高山對台灣的重要意義。