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Tibet Autonomous Region

Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon

Floor2,229 m7,313 ft

Depth: 2,411 m
Rim: 5,163 m
Length: 72.5 km
Tonight: -13°CFog · Wind 9 km/h SE

Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is up to 2,411 m deep: the rim reaches 5,163 m and the floor 2,229 m, along 72.5 km.

All facts

Floor: 2,229 m

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Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon topographic map

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Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon elevation profile

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Depth

Depth of Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon

Up to 2,411 m deep (typically 1,195 m) along the 72.5 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

Weather

Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon weather

Today · Partly cloudy · -13 / -3°C (9 / 27°F) · Wind 9 km/h SE

Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon forecast for about 5,163 m.

Today-13°-3°–9 km/h SE
Sun-14°-1°–8 km/h E
Mon-11°0°–8 km/h E
Tue-10°0°–2 km/h E
Wed-10°-1°–2 km/h E
Thu-9°-1°–1 km/h NE
Fri-9°0°0.3 mm1 km/h SE
Sat-6°0°–3 km/h S
Sun-10°0°0.7 mm2 km/h SE
Mon-9°-1°1.0 mm2 km/h S

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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 30 × 30 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°

11.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

23.0%

Steep, 30–45°

42.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

22.5%

Steeper than 30°: 65.3% of the 900 km² view
Relief in view: 5,430 m low point 1,925 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 33.2%Snow & ice 32.4%Grassland 13.9%Moss & lichen 10.3%Bare rock / sparse 7.5%Water 2.4%

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

Where it sits

Where Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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 2026-01-17)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia