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Tiger Leaping Gorge

Floor1,786 m5,860 ft
Depth
1,808 m
Rim
3,595 m
Length
0.9 km
Tonight
2°CClear · Wind 9 km/h SW

Tiger Leaping Gorge is up to 1,808 m deep: the rim reaches 3,595 m and the floor 1,786 m, along 0.9 km.

All facts
Floor
1,786 m
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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tiger Leaping Gorge

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Tiger Leaping Gorge, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 1
PlaceDistance
Parking5.0 km SW
3D map

Tiger Leaping Gorge 3D map

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Topographic map

Tiger Leaping Gorge terrain and contours

200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 1,000 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tiger Leaping Gorge elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tiger Leaping Gorge weather

Today · Clear · 2 / 14°C (36 / 57°F) · Wind 9 km/h SW

Tiger Leaping Gorge forecast for about 3,595 m.

  • Today2°14°–9 km/h SW
  • Sun2°15°–10 km/h SW
  • Mon2°16°–10 km/h SW
  • Tue3°15°–9 km/h SW
  • Wed4°14°–8 km/h SW
  • Thu3°15°–9 km/h SW
  • Fri4°14°–8 km/h SW
  • Sat4°14°–8 km/h SW
  • Sun4°14°–7 km/h SW
  • Mon2°14°–8 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
9.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
33.8%
Steep, 30–45°
36.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
20.2%
Steeper than 30°
56.6% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
3,719 m low point 1,680 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 57.7%Grassland 26.8%Bare rock / sparse 9.3%Cropland 1.9%Water 1.9%Snow & ice 1.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Tiger Leaping Gorge sits

Range
Hengduan Mountains3
Region
China121Asia964
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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-16)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia