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Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon

Lhasa, Tibet

The 496.3-meter-long Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon has a normal profundity of 5,000 meters, yet drops in spots to 5,382 meters. Subsequent to these figures became visible, world topography reading material have must be changed; Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is the world's most profound, longest, most astounding and most perilous one. Previously, the 5,133-meter-profound Grand Canyon of the Colorado was thought to be the most profound.

The Grand Canyon is rich in forest resources. • There are rare and unique plants, and wildlife animals, such as king cobras, leopards, red pandas, musk deer, monkeys, tigers and virgin forests. • All kinds of wildlife exits here, so the Canyon is regarded as "the Gene Pool of Biological Resources", whilst enjoying fameas a "Geological Museum" because of the various geological phenomena. • You can also appreciate some humanistic landscapes: Qujiao Wu Temple, Buddha Palm Sand Dune, Ping Greeting Guests and South Jiabawa Peak.

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