Puli Basins

Sun Moon Lake (Riyuetan) and its nearby lands formed one basin of the group of Puli Basins.

Puli Basins (Chinese: 埔里盆地群; pinyin: Bùlǐ Péndì Qún) is a group of several small basins located around the mountainous area of Nantou in the central Taiwan. It includes the Yuchih Basin (魚池盆地), Jihyuehtan Basin (日月潭盆地), Toushe Basin (頭社盆地), Chungkui Basin (銃櫃盆地), Lienhuachih Basin (蓮華池盆地) and, the largest one, Puli Basin (埔里盆地).^[1] Generally speaking, the term "Puli Basin" also means the whole group of basins.

References

↑ Lin, Yen-Chu; Chih-Chao Huang, Jui-Er Chen, Tzer-Hua Lai, Wan-Chung Lu, Chang Shyun Sheng, Chung-Jung Chiang. "Planning of Survey and Preliminary Valuation for Groundwater Resources of the Puli Basin" (PDF). 資源與環境學術研討會論文集. Central Geological Survey, MOEA. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

Topography of Taiwan

Mountain ranges	Alishan Range Jialishan Range Central Mountain Range (Chungyang Range) Hai′an Range (Coastal Range) Xueshan Range Yushan Range

Plateaus and hill lands	Hsinchu (Xinzhu) Hills Linkou Plateau Miaoli Hills Pakua (Bagua) Plateau Taoyuan Plateau Dadu Plateau

Plains	Changhua (Zhanghua) Plain Chianan (Jianan) Plain Huatung (Huadong) Valley Pingtung (Pingdong) Plain Yilan Plain

Basins	Puli Basins Taichung Basin Taipei Basin Taiyuan Basin

Volcano groups	Chilung (Jilong) Volcanoes Tatun Volcanoes

* The place names listed above are mainly romanized as Wade–Giles that used in most of academic articles.

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