Tiger Leaping Gorge: Diqing Bank

The Diqing-side account reads Tiger Leaping Gorge from the Shangri-La bank. A shared gorge can contain different routes, jurisdictions and local histories.

A small cluster of buildings sits on a green ledge beneath a high, rocky gorge wall. — A steep inhabited slope and cliff face within Tiger Leaping Gorge, photographed at a Commons-recorded point in Diqing Prefecture. The frame shows the gorge wall and settlement, not the river channel or rapids.

Tiger Leaping Gorge: Diqing Bank

The Diqing Bank of Tiger Leaping Gorge

On the Shangri-La side, the gorge is presented through a scenic area whose own descriptions move from the narrow Upper Tiger Leaping to the rapids of the middle reach.

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A steep inhabited slope and cliff face within Tiger Leaping Gorge, photographed at a Commons-recorded point in Diqing Prefecture. The frame shows the gorge wall and settlement, not the river channel or rapids.Luca Casartelli · 2015-08-18 · CC BY-SA 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.