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In ancient times, the area surrounding Sun Moon Lake was known as “Shuishalian”, meaning “where water and sand meet”. The area covered nearly half of what is today Nantou County , including the towns of Zhushan, Lugu, Mingjian, Shuili, Jiji, Puli, Yuchi, Renai, and Guoxing.

Located near the town of Yuchi , at the foot of Taiwan 's Central Mountain Range, Sun Moon Lake is centred between[+] the island's overlapping high mountains to the east and its plains to the west. Because Sun Moon Lake is positioned at a high elevation, it is less affected by basin segmentation and river erosion. As the highest basin in Shuishalian, Sun Moon Lake naturally gets a fair amount of rain from the surrounding mountain areas and only releases a small amount of water. In this way, it retains many of the same features it has had since the time the surrounding mountains were formed.