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Taiwan Banks

Taiwan Banks proper noun: a shallow part of the main continental shelf off East Asia lying to the south and south west of the Pescadores (Penghu Islands).

Proper noun

Taiwan Banks

  1. A shallow part of the main continental shelf off East Asia lying to the south and south west of the Pescadores (Penghu Islands).
    • In 1981, China's Ministry of Geology surveyed the Taiwan Banks area and reported the following features: The Southern Basin (Taiwan Qian Tan) is situated approximately 200 km (124 mi) south-east of Swatao City and about 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the Taiwan Banks on the transition between shelf and...1985, Mark J. Valencia, “Issues: Hydrocarbon Potential and Jurisdictional Disputes”, in South-East Asian Seas: Oil Under Troubled Waters: Hydrocarbon Potential, Jurisdictional Issues, and...
    • Southwest of the Penghu Islands is the southern Taiwan Strait where the Taiwan Banks, large bathymetric highs consisting of more than 30 shoals with water depths between 20 to 40 m, are major submarine topographic features (Mao and Hsieh 1989).2005 August, Horng-Ru Liao, Ho-Shing Yu, “Morphology, Hydrodynamics and Sediment Characteristics of the Changyun Sand Ridge offshore Western Taiwan”, in TAO, volume 16, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Questions about Taiwan Banks

What does Taiwan Banks mean?
Taiwan Banks means a shallow part of the main continental shelf off East Asia lying to the south and south west of the Pescadores (Penghu Islands).
What part of speech is Taiwan Banks?
Taiwan Banks is a proper noun.

Words near Taiwan Banks in the dictionary

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  3. Taivoan
  4. Taiwan
  5. Taiwan authorities
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  9. Taiwan field mice
  10. Taiwan field mouse
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