The Tiger Leaping Gorge
It has another name as "Jinsha Pi Liu" (Splitting the Jinsha Riv-
er). It stands in the south- east of Zhongdian County and the north of
1 ijang County, just on the section of the Jinsha River between the lla-
ba Snow Mountains and the Yulong Snow Mountains, 105kin away from
Zhongdian County, and 100kin away from Dayan Town in Lijiang
County. The Tiger leaping Gorge is famous in the world for its majesty
and grotesquery. The Tiger Leaping Gorge is a ravine of 20 metres long which is
formed by the corroding (undercutting) of the Jinsha River here. It has
resulted from the fracture of the stratum while the Himalayan Mountains
were being thrust upwards. The whole gorge is divided into the Upper
Gorge, the Middle Gorge, and the lower Gorge. The altitude at the
valley bottom is 1,800 metres, while the Yulong Snow Mountains and
the Haba Snow Mountains are 5,596 metres and 5,396 metres above
sea level, with the largest difference in altitude being more than
3,700m, and the depth of the valley is in the front rank in the world.
On both sides of the valley there are mountains rising straight up,
whose tops are covered with perpetual snow, and whose feet are precip-
itous. If you stand on the cliffs, you can see precipices above your
head and a slight opening of the sky when you look up, and you can
see a fiver is running just like a dragon, bubbling furiously and grasp-
ing your heart.
The Tiger leaping Gorge is not only deep but also narrow. The
narrowest point at the Upper Gorge is only a bit over 20 metres. Right
in the middle of the river there is a tiger- leaping stone. It is said that
once a tiger jumped across the valley with the help of this stone; hence
the name. At this part of the fiver, the rapids are split by the huge
stone, and the roar of the angry waves echoes up and down the valley.
The drop from the Upper Gorge to the lower Gorge is more than
210 metres. The river runs so fast that the speed reaches 6- 8 metres a
second. The Tiger- Leaping Gorge not only brings up the rare and
wonderful sights for the world but also holds in store many resources.
Some experts have pointed out that two super- hydropower stations with
an installed capacity of 600kw can be set up there.If you are backpacker

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