Dakeng is located in Touke Moutain. Two
million years ago, Taiwan out of
the ocean. The rocks of the Hsuehshan Moutains were soon moved and piled up
to the foot of the mountain and shallow sea. Then they became today's Mt.Touke stratum. After that,
the island had finished rising up
and experienced two glacial epochs—the Riss
glacial epoch, 400,000-320,000
years ago, and the Wurm glacial epoch, 110,000-10,000 years ago. All of Dakeng's geological history is recorded for its unique special
ecological environment and you read Taiwan's precious treasure.
Mt.Touke, on the border of Taichung
City's Beitun District and Xinshe Township, is a low mountain in the
middle eastern Taichung Basin. Dakeng, located on the east of Beitun
Distric, has the east hill and west low hill landform, including Dakeng
River, Jhuoshui River, Cingshui River, Hengkeng River, Jhuyuankeng River
and Buzai River, which flow from east to west. The Dakeng stratum consists
of Mt.Touke stratum from the east of Liankeng Lane, the Jhuolan stratum runs from Liankeng Lane to the west 300m contour line of Dakeng River and Jinshui
stratum from the west Jhuolan stratum. It displays a spectacular landscape
because of its stratum, gradient and landform.


Mt.Touke Stratum
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The peculiar spectacular of Mt.Touke stratum in Dakeng
includes Pebbled rivers, leaning hills, eroded valleys,
steep cliffs, landslides, slower hill
creeps, driftwood fossils etc. Mt.Touke is the highest peak in Taichung
City about 859 meters. "Pa
Wu which means people can't hike for a long time. Its Walking Trail No.5 is
famous for its shape which is similar to a helmet, and is a good place to look at
the view and ponder the meaning of life.
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Jhuolan Stratum
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Jhuolan stratum is based on grey sandstone
and shale, whose structure is loose. They slant each other. Because of the
multiple ways of erosion, Jhuolan stratum appears to
look like a landform with a hogback and single mountain layers. Water is
more abundant here. The
Dakeng River, Cingshui River, Jhuoshui River, and cross-creeks all provide the opportunities for people to play
in the water at their leisure. The bigger terraces have
become big amusement
parks--Encore Garden, Kadoli Amusement Park, Venice Amusement Park, Tung Shan
Paradise and Tiansing Amusement Park. They provide a fun place for Taichung
citizens and visitors to central
Taiwan.
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Jinshui
Stratum
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Jinshui
stratum is based on sandy shale, which is mixed with argillaceous
sandstone. It is on the lower Jinshui stratum.
Here are Walking Trails No.6-8, 6592 meters, and Wind Moving Rock
Park. The formation of Wind Moving Rocks, Rock Pillar, is because the
joints of landslide were eroded by rain. Citizens can have a rest there.
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We
saw the gravels' landscape in Dakeng Scenic Area.
We saw the
phenomena of the landslide after the earthquake of September 21st.
We saw the
ecological evolution after the disaster.
All of these are
major characteristics of Dakeng's landform and ecology.
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