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Yarlung Tsangpo: The deepest canyon on land hides a tree taller than the Statue of Liberty
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 ...
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The Deepest Canyon In The World Makes The Grand Canyon Look Like A Crack In The Sidewalk
Over the years, in this U-shaped bend, the river's erosive power carved out the surrounding granite bedrock into the impressive Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon. There aren't enough superlatives in ...
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Y Nithiyanandam on the Risks of China’s Ambitious Yarlung Tsangpo Project
Without greater transparency on the part of China and cooperative frameworks, this dam could become a flashpoint in an ...
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The largest hydroelectric dam in the world has been approved
The river is only partially responsible for carving out the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon. The region sits on tectonic plates and suffers regular earthquakes. It's also one of the deepest canyons ...
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Hydropower Conflict: The Future of Yarlung Tsangpo and Its Downstream Impact
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu voiced concerns over China's plan to build the world's largest hydropower ...
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China to build world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet
The dam, which will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river ... Flowing through the deepest canyon on Earth, one section of the river falls 2,000 metres within a short ...