TAIWAN

23° 41' 52.116'' N - 120° 57' 37.854'' W

‘Near Taiwan begins one of the most relevant ocean currents* of the world and on the Island there is a high mountain chain. These two elements together define the climate. Make clouds, rain, fog and many other phenomena'. 

Catherine Mosbach, about Taichung Gateway Park, 11th December 2015 Milan

*Kuroshio Current. The name is a Japanese word that means “black stream”. That is because the current is much darker than the surrounding waters  ̶  the result of lower amounts of organic material at the surface.