Su-ao Cold Spring
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Su-ao Cold Spring is located in Su-ao, Yilan County, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

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Su-ao Cold Spring
Spring (hydrosphere)
A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...

 has a spring water temperature of 22 °C.http://www.e-land.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=2325&ctNode=534&mp=5 It is both bathable and drinkable, and
it has a pH of 5.5. According to Japanese researchers, the cold spring contains carbonic ion concentrations of 68ppm, the highest of all Taiwan springs. Its sodium ion concentrations were 14.3ppm and calcium ion 10.7ppm. The Su-ao Cold Spring is the only calcium hydroxy carbonic spring in Taiwan.

Su-ao Cold Spring contains a generous volume of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...

, which was in the past used to produce Ramune
Ramune
is a carbonated soft drink originally sold in Japan which was introduced in Kobe by Alexander Cameron Sim.-Bottle design:Ramune is widely known for the distinctive design of its bottle, often called Codd-neck bottles after the inventor, Hiram Codd. They are made of glass and sealed with a marble;...

 (Natural soda water).

How to get to Suao Cold Spring?

  • Train: take TRA
    TRA
    TRA is a three-letter abbreviation that can refer to:* Taiwan Railway Administration , the government agency responsible for managing passenger and freight service on conventional rail in Taiwan....

     Yilan Line, get off at Su-ao station, then walk west appx. 300m to arrive.
  • Highway: Tai 2 from Taipei
    Taipei
    Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

    , Tai 9 both south from Hualien, north from Taipei.
  • Freeway: Freeway number 5
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