Geological Scenes of the

Datoon Volcanic Mountains

As we go up the highway, we see mountains in the far side, and praries decorate the ways like a picture. As we come near the region, we smell of sulfur and we know we're near hotspring country.

The Yangmingshan region possess the following geological scenes:

1.volcanoes:Two main types exist. The bell shaped and the cone shaped. Cone-shaped result from the overlap of residues and lava from old eruptions. Bell-shaped volcanoes, on the other hand, result from the slower-moving remains of dusts from eruptions, thus usually forming a small hill-like structure.

2.volcanic opening:The opening of volcanoes are normally steep shallowlands such as the Huangmouth mountains and the Little Buddha mountain.

3.eruption site:The eruption site of volcanoes results from high-temperature gas, such as the big and small "oilpit" mountains in the region.

 

4.volcanic lakes:the eruption sites almost always form a lake after ages, such as the famous Tienshan Lake.

5.Yienseh Lake:if the lava happens to block creeks and rivers and turn them into lakes, they're what's a called a "yienseh" lake in Chinese such as the bamboo lake that is very popular in this region.