Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Nyingchi, Tibet 西藏林芝雅鲁藏布大峡谷

Location: China, Tibet, Mainling, Nyingchi Google Maps Amap
Part of: National 5A Tourist Attraction

Near Pai in Mainling, the Yarlung Tsangpo meets the barrier of the Himalaya, swings around Namcha Barwa in a great horseshoe bend and cuts through the eastern end of the range, forming a canyon about 500 kilometers long and up to some 6,000 meters deep, one of the deepest on Earth. The visitor area lies near Pai at the canyon's entrance.

Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Nyingchi, Tibet

Photo: Jiang Jianhua (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)