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Sascha Pare

Yarlung Tsangpo: The deepest canyon on land hides a tree taller than the Statue of Liberty

A composite satellite image of the Yarlung Tsangpo River surrounded by mountains.
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Name: Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon

Location: Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region of China

Coordinates: 29.612334694178866, 94.93601513762557

Why it's incredible: The gorge is longer and three times deeper than the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is the world's largest terrestrial canyon — longer than even the Grand Canyon in Arizona and deeper than every other known canyon on land (the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean surpasses it).

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