虎跳峽是世界最深的峽谷之一，峽谷長18公里，南岸有玉龍雪山、主峰海拔高度5,596米，北岸有哈巴雪山、主峰海拔高度5,396米，谷底流過的河流為金沙江（或長江的上游），河寬僅有30-60米。虎跳峽的上峽口海拔1,800米，下峽口海拔1,630米，兩岸山嶺與江面相差2,500-3,000米，谷坡峻峭，景色壯觀。金沙江在峽內連下七個陡坎，落差170米，水勢洶湧，聲勢浩大。我們去了香格里拉的虎跳峽（上虎跳）景區，欣賞這遠近馳名的自然景觀。
Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest gorge of the world, lying between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (highest peak 5,596 m) and Haba Snow Mountain (highest peak 5,396 m), about 18 km in length. Jinsha River, or upper section of Yangtze River, flows through the valley. The width of the river is only 30-60 m, arrives here at an altitude of 1,800 m and leaves at 1,630 m height, falling 170m in 7 steeps rapidly. We went to the scenic area at Shangri-La County, at the upper section of Tiger Leaping Gorge.
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