Yushan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
highest mountain in Taiwan
About Yushan
Yushan was calledTongku Savegby the Bunun,Mt. Morrisonby 19th-century Europeans, andNiitakayamaby the Japanese during their colonial rule. Based on the data shown onCentral Weather Bureau of Taiwan, the figure on the right shows the monthly mean precipitation (unit: mm) of Yushan from 1971 to 2000. Average annual rainfall in the Yushan area is about 3,600mm. It rains an average of 140 days per year, mostly between May and August. From May until the first part of June is “plum rain season” or monsoon season. Taiwan's typhoon season roughly falls between July and September. The peak month is in August. Overall speaking, winters are dry and summers wet in Yushan. In the Yushan National Park, the precipitation is heaviest at mid elevation on the western side of Lu-lin Mountain and along the
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