Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon

A municipal profile traces the canyon from Daduka Village in Milin through the bend near Pailong to Baxika in Motuo. Its measurements describe a long river corridor; the story lies in how the route crosses county boundaries and drops toward the lower valley.

A stone marker inscribed as the starting point of the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon stands before a forested mountain valley.
The inscribed start marker of the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon near Daduka, photographed in 2011.

Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon

A stone marker inscribed as the starting point of the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon stands before a forested mountain valley.

Where the Yarlung Tsangpo Enters the Great Canyon

A municipal profile traces the canyon from Daduka Village in Milin through the bend near Pailong to Baxika in Motuo. Its measurements describe a long river corridor; the story lies in how the route crosses county boundaries and drops toward the lower valley.

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  1. The inscribed start marker of the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon near Daduka, photographed in 2011.mayanming · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗