The Impact of Typhoon Morakot on the Southern Taiwan Coast

Chanson, Hubert (2010) The Impact of Typhoon Morakot on the Southern Taiwan Coast. Shore & Beach, 78 2: 33-37.

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Author Chanson, Hubert
Title The Impact of Typhoon Morakot on the Southern Taiwan Coast
Journal name Shore & Beach   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2010
Sub-type Article
Year available 2010
Volume number 78
Issue number 2
ISSN 0037-4237
Start page 33
End page 37
Total pages 5
Place of publication Fort Myers, Fla., U.S.A.
Publisher American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
Collection year 2011
Language eng
Subject 09 Engineering
0905 Civil Engineering
090509 Water Resources Engineering
090505 Infrastructure Engineering and Asset Management
Abstract Taiwan is a relatively small island but with an extremely steep topography. On the east coast, the mountains rise straight out of the Ocean, but for three main coastal plains in Taitung, Hualien and Ilan (Fig. 1). In August 2009, the east coast and southern parts of Taiwan were severely affected by Typhoon Morakot, in particular some areas that the author visited a number of times between 1995 and 2008. The Typhoon Morakot was the deadliest typhoon that impacted Taiwan in recorded history. In December 2008, the author visited a number of affected areas, including the Taimali River mouth, theJihben River catchment, the Gaoping River bridge linking the Linyuan to Xinyuan townships at the boundary between the Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties, and several catchments in Pingtung County where the rivers flow into the Taiwan Strait. He shares his experience on several areas which were severely affected by the Typhoon Morakot.
Keyword Typhoon Morakot
Taiwan (Taiwan)
Typhon impact
Southern coast
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Confirmed Code
Institutional Status UQ
Additional Notes The full bibliographic details are: CHANSON, H. (2010). "The Impact of Typhoon Morakot on the Southern Taiwan Coast." Shore & Beach, Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 33-37 (ISSN 0037-4237).

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