The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, the Tsangpo Canyon or the Tsangpo Gorge, is a canyon along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Measured over its 504.6-kilometre (313.5 mi) length, its average depth is about 2,268 m (7,440 ft) and its deepest point reaches 6,009 m (19,714 ft), making it the deepest canyon in the world, cutting through the eastern Himalayas as the river bends around Namcha Barwa.
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The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, the Tsangpo Canyon or the Tsangpo Gorge, is a canyon along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Measured over its 504.6-kilometre (313.5 mi) length, its average depth is about 2,268 m (7,440 ft) and its deepest point reaches 6,009 m (19,714 ft), making it the deepest canyon in the world, cutting through the eastern Himalayas as the river bends around Namcha Barwa.
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the deepest depth reaches 6,009 m (19,714 feet)
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504.6 kilometres (313.5 miles)
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