Tiger Leaping Gorge
After the renowned Three Gorges in Sichuan
and Hubei, Tiger Leaping Gorge is the Yangzi¡¯s
best gorge, Wedged tightly between titanic cliffs, the river
is so narrow here, so legend tells us, that a hunted tiger
made his excape to the other side in a single bpund, Yunnan¡¯s
main northern road to Tibet crosses the Yangzi near the gorge
at Lunan, 90 kilometers from lijiang. from Qiaotou it is
possible to see how such a geological phenomenon was created
: twpo huge mountains leaning close to each other and a large
volume of fast moving water between them cutting deeper and
deeper into the buttom of the gorge. In some places there
is a drop of 3000 meters to the water, a beautiful and vertiginous
places to go for a walk.
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