Tiger Leaping Gorge#
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Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the worlds deepest river canyons, is located on the Yangtze River near Lijiang City, Yunnan.
A local legend of a tiger that leapt across the narrowest point of the gorge gives the site its name.