TostudytheTaiwanStrait(TS),anunusualseaarea,thenumericalmodelinmarginalseasofChinaisusedtosimulateandanalyzethetidalwavemotioninthestrait.ThenumericalmodelingexperimentsreproducetheamphidromicsystemoftheM2tideinthesouthendoftheTaiwanstrait,andconsequentlyconfirmtheexistenceofthedegenerateamphidromicsystem.Onthisbasis,furtherdiscussionisconductedontheM2systemanditsformationmechanism.ItcanbeconcludedthatthetidalwavesoftheTSisconsistedoftheprogressingwavefromthenorthentranceandthedegenerateamphidromicsystemfromthesouthentrance,inwhichtheprogressingwavefromthenorthentrancedominatesthetidalwavemotioninthestrait.Exceptfortheconvergenteffectcausedbythelandformandboundary,thedegenerateamphidromicsystemproducedinthesouthofthestraitisanotherimportantfactorforthefollowingphenomena:thelargetidalrangeinthemiddleofthestrait,theconcentrativezoneofco-amplitudeandco-phaselineinthesouthofthestrait.ThedegenerateamphidromicsystemismainlyproducedbytheincidentPacificOceantidalwavefromtheLuzonstraitandtheactionbytheshorelineandlandform.Thepositionoftheamphidromicpointiscompelledtomovetowardsouthwestuntildegeneratingbythepowerfulprogressingwavefromthenorthentrance.
