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2423: 796:. Some portions of the road have been known to disappear into the river below. The road follows the Yangtze, so there are more views of the river, and a stronger sense of being in a gorge than on the upper trail. Where the high road descends to meet the lower road, one can climb down to the river near the Tiger Leaping Stone, the point at which the tiger is said to have leaped. In July 2010, the Chinese government closed the gorge to visitors because a new lower road was being built. Consequently, there were no government officials to charge the 50 yuan fee to enter the trail. Locals requested a 10 yuan fee to enter the trail. Many trekkers still hiked the high road in spite of its closure. Some buses continued to travel the low road, although landslides frequently caused travel delays. 323: 805: 33: 343: 1205: 765: 265: 712: 697:
Tiger Leaping Gorge weather is generally mild, with abundant rainfall and plenty of sunshine. It has an average annual temperature between 13 and 20 °C (55 and 68 °F), without too much change from spring to winter. In summer, the temperature just falls between 10–26 °C (50–79 °F)
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The area was officially opened to foreign tourists in 1993, but had already attracted adventurous backpackers in the 1980s. Officials plan to improve the existing trails and roads, bringing tour buses and more development. These plans arouse highly varied reactions among the local population, from
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attempted to go down the gorge and were never seen again. In 1986, the first known successful attempt to sail through the gorge was made by the first expedition to float down the entire length of the Yangtze, starting at the river's high source at the Gelandandong glacier lake.
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At a maximum depth of approximately 3,790 meters (12,430 feet) from river to mountain peak, Tiger Leaping Gorge is one of the deepest and most spectacular river canyons in the world. The inhabitants of the gorge are primarily the indigenous
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Details of the scrapped project follow: Construction had begun on the other 12 dams of the same project which lie just outside the boundaries of the heritage area, even though it had not been approved by the
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The lower road, stretching about 195 km (121 mi) from Qiaotou through the Gorge, is a stretch of pavement (until recently a simple mule track) crossed by several waterfalls, and frequently beset by
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Hiking the length of the gorge is possible. The hiking path ("the high road") is well-maintained and marked, although sometimes narrow, and at times impassable due to heavy rains, and is used by the
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Legend says the name comes from a hunted tiger escaping by jumping across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 metres (82 ft) wide), using the rock in the middle.
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as part of everyday life. This trail is longer than the lower road, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi), but is more varied. It features a variety of micro-ecosystems,
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low because of the continuous rain. Coming to winter, the high mountains block the cold air from northern China, so it is still as warm as spring for most of the days.
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minority, to a Tibetan area with harsh climate and unfamiliar crops as barley and potatoes as
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people, who live in a handful of small hamlets. Their primary subsistence comes from
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Natural crystals are mined from areas in and surrounding the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
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is located where the river passes between the 5,596 metres (18,360 ft)
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government waived standard procedures in order to facilitate the project.
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The project would displace up to 100,000 people to the north, mainly the
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Administratively, the river in this area forms the border between
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Greed for energy threatens to dam legendary gorge -Times Online
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since 2003, the Chinese government floated proposals for a
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Although Tiger Leaping Gorge is an essential part of the
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Terraces partway up the sides of the Tiger Leaping Gorge
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may contain excessive or inappropriate references to
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provincial government scrapped the project in 2007.
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Index


Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
IPA

Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
IPA

Southern Min
Tâi-lô
Chinese
pinyin
canyon
Jinsha River
Yangtze River
Lijiang City
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
Nakhi
grain

gorge
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Haba Snow Mountain
rapids
Yulong Naxi Autonomous County
Lijiang City

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