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10 展高雄系列展覽專刊│大寮

地理環境

G e og ra p hic a l En v ir o nm en t

大寮位於今日大高雄市的西南方， Daliao was the only road that led from Fengshan
相鄰的行政區，東以高屏溪與屏東縣的新 Township to Pingtung Plain.
園鄉、萬丹鄉以及屏東市相望，南接林園
The western half of Daliao’s landform
區，北與鳥松、大樹區毗鄰，西與鳳山、
is of hills and highlands. The eastern half of the
小港區相接，就地理位置而言，昔日可說
landform is the Kaoping River catchment basin,
是鳳山縣城通往屏東平原的必經要衝之
where the terrestrial sediments buried under the
地。
sea have formed a plain with sandy loam easy

在地形上，大寮的地形西半部屬丘陵 for farming. The geological condition formed
高地，東半部屬高屏溪流域，是海底沉積 by the accumulation of calcareous exoskeletons
物沖積而成之平原，屬砂質壤土，易於農 of coral reefs forms ancient underwater ruins
耕。這種由珊瑚死亡之後的骨骼堆積而成 known as the Gulao Rock or Turtle Shell Reef.
的地質，形成古老的海底遺跡，稱為咕咾

石或龜殼礁。

Daliao is situated in the southeastern
part of what is known today as Kaohsiung City.
Neighboring administrative areas include: to the

east, the Kaoping River and Xinyuan Township
of Pingtung County where Wandan Township
and Pingtung City are across from each other,
Linyuan area to the south, Niaosong and Dashu

Area to the north, and Fengshan and Xiagang
Area to the west. Geographically, in the past,