Landscape Of The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon Stock Photography

The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon,along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet Autonomous Region, China, is the deepest canyon in the world, and at 504.6 km 314 miles is slightly longer than the Grand Canyon in the United States, making it one of the world`s largest. The canyon has a length of about 150 miles 240 km as the gorge bends around Mount Namcha Barwa 7782 m and cuts its way through the eastern Himalayan range. Its waters drop from about 2,900 m near Pei to about 1,500 m at the end of the Upper Gorge where the Po Tsangpo River enters.