The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is the world's largest terrestrial canyon — longer than even the Grand Canyon in Arizona and deeper than every other known canyon on land (the Mariana Trench in ...

Over the years, in this U-shaped bend, the river's erosive power carved out the surrounding granite bedrock into the impressive Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon. There aren't enough superlatives in ...

A gigantic hydroelectric project is predicted to provide power for more than 300 million homes when it is completed - but it comes at an eye-watering cost ...

While the proposed hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River has sparked concerns in India, from China’s perspective it ...

The dramatic elevation drop of over 2,000 meters in the Yarlung Tsangpo Canyon after the U-Bend introduces formidable engineering and environmental challenges. Questions persist regarding the ...

The Union government has "taken note" of China's announcement of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra) river in the Tibet Autonomous ...

It cascades through the world's deepest canyon, the Great Tsangpo Canyon, taking a precipitous plunge known as the Great Bend before surging into India's Arunachal Pradesh. A mere 30-mile run sees ...

The Tibetan river being dammed, the Yarlung Tsangpo, flows into neighboring India ... the dam will be in Medog County in Tibet, in a steep canyon where the river makes a horseshoe turn known ...

The quake brings focus on China’s latest plan to build the World’s biggest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, very close to the Indian territory of Arunachal Pradesh. Tibetan region ...

High on the Tibetan Plateau, the Yarlung Tsangpo River roars through the world’s deepest canyon, plunging nearly 8,000 metres (26,250ft) before crossing into India as the Brahmaputra.

The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River is expected to be the world’s largest hydroelectric project, but it has caused serious concern about the impact on the Brahmaputra – as it is known ...