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Linkou Plateau
Plateau
as seen by Sentinel-2 satellite on 17 November 2016
Linkou PlateauTaiwan
Coordinates: 25°03′59″N 121°21′52″E / 25.0664°N 121.3644°E / 25.0664; 121.3644
Location	Linkou District, New Taipei Guishan District, Taoyuan
Geology	Plateau

The Linkou Plateau (Chinese: 林口台地; pinyin: Línkǒu Táidì) is a plateau located along the southwest side of the Tamsui River, between Linkou District, New Taipei and Guishan District, Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan. It borders the Taipei Basin in the east, the Taoyuan Plateau in the southwest, the Taiwan Strait in the west, and the Tatun Volcanoes in the northeast. The Xinzhuang Fault (新莊斷層) and Shanjiao Fault (山腳斷層) run between the plateau and the Taipei Basin.

References

1. "Linkou residents protest planned athletes' village - Taipei Times". 24 March 2013.

v t e 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 Hills Linkou Plateau Miaoli Hills Pakua (Bagua) Plateau Taoyuan Plateau Dadu Plateau
Plains	Changhua (Zhanghua) Plain Chiayi–Tainan Plain 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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