Bagua Plateau

Bagua Plateau
八卦台地 (Chinese)
Bagua Plateau
Taiwan
Coordinates: 23°55′58.0″N 120°37′36.7″E / 23.932778°N 120.626861°E / 23.932778; 120.626861
LocationTaiwan
GeologyPlateau
Dimensions
  Length32 km
  Width7 km
Highest elevation442.6 m
(Mount Hengshan)

The Pakua Plateau or Bagua Plateau (Chinese: 八卦台地; pinyin: Bāguà Táidì), also known as the Pakua Mountain Range (八卦山脈), is a plateau located in central-western Taiwan. It stretches across Changhua County and Nantou County. The plateau borders the Changhua Plain in the west and the Taichung Basin in the east. It is long and narrow, with a length of about 32 km and a width of about 4 to 7 km. The highest peak of the plateau is Hengshan mountain, which has a height of 424m.