The background mountain, 23,930' Gyala Peri, is one of the highest in the eastern Himalaya. Just a few miles behind the camera is 25,445' Namcha Barwa. For unexplained reasons, the Yarlung Tsangpo River turns north between them before turning south agai

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The Tsangpo River flows below 7150m Gyala Peri in one of world's deepest canyons.

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Keywords: China, Gyala Peri, Himalayan Region, Tibet, Tsangpo, Tsangpo Gorge, Yarlung Tsangpo, glaciers, rapids, rivers
Contained in galleries: Tsangpo Gorge Expedition - 1992, Natural Beauty, Himalaya, Natural Beauty, TS

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