The world’s deepest canyon has been discovered to be home to a 335-foot-tall tree, which is taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Just when we think we’ve uncovered everything there is to explore on Earth, something new takes us completely by surprise.
Researchers are always uncovering more secrets of our planet and despite our constant advances in technology, nothing compares to the natural wonders of the world.
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One particularly spectacular sight is found deep inside the Earth’s largest canyon, where scientists are unlocking yet more secrets in the home of some of the least explored land in the word.
Located in Tibet, the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is 314 miles long, and is a whopping 37 miles longer than Arizona's Grand Canyon and over 3.7 miles deeper.
It was named after the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which is commonly known by explorers as the "Everest of rivers”, mostly due to how treacherous it is to reach with an average elevation of 13,000 feet.
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One especially dangerous section of the canyon is found in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region, where it passes between two peaks - Namcha Barwa, which stands 25,530 feet tall, and Gyala Peri, which stands at 23,930 feet.
It was first formed around three million years ago, when tectonic forces pushed up the Earth's crust.
This caused the path of the Yarlung Tsangpo River steepen which then caused massive erosion to occur, according to a report by Live Science.
At its lowest, the Tibetan canyon is three times deeper than the Grand Canyon in the US.
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Although, the Mariana Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean does beat it in terms of depth as it stretches around seven miles down.
Still, deep inside the Tibetan canyon, nature is thriving and it is home to the tallest trees ever to be discovered in Asia.
One of the giant trees that lives there is a cypress that towers at 335 feet tall, as reported by a research team who measured the tree in May 2023.
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They were there as part of an ecological survey to help preserve the unique ecosystem in the area.
In fact, it’s so tall that it would loom over the Statue of Liberty, which is 305 feet high.
There is still so much left to explore in the world’s deepest canyon, and there could even be new species of plants out there waiting to be discovered.
Here's a full length image of the famous tree:
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