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Yarlung Tsangpo: The deepest canyon on land hides a tree taller than the Statue of Liberty

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The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is 314 miles ( 505 kilometers ) long and three times deeper than the Grand Canyon in Arizona .

The canyon is named after the Yangpo River , which has the highest average elevation of any major river on Earth .

It is also home to the tallest tree ever discovered in Asia — a 335-foot ( 102 m) cypress.