Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet
The river bends around Namcha Barwa through the deepest canyon on Earth.
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- Region
- Tibet
- Position
- 29.6320, 95.0600
- Area
- 50 × 50 km
- Real elevation
- 1,019 to 7,273 m (6,254 m of relief)
- Printed size
- 150 mm (5.9 in) wide, about 1:333,300
- Heights
- True to scale
- Elevation data
- Open satellite data (SRTM and others), about 30 m per point
- Suggested color
- Natural
- Group
- Canyons, gorges and waterfalls
About Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, the Tsangpo Canyon, the Brahmaputra Canyon or the Tsangpo Gorge (simplified Chinese: 雅鲁藏布大峡谷; traditional Chinese: 雅魯藏布大峽谷; pinyin: Yǎlǔzàngbù Dàxiágǔ), is a canyon along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is the deepest canyon in the world, and at 504.6 kilometres (313.5 mi) is slightly longer than the Grand Canyon in the United States, making it one of the world's largest. The Yarlung Tsangpo (Tibetan name for the upper course of the Brahmaputra) originates near Mount Kailash and runs east for about 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi), draining a northern section of the Himalayas before it enters the gorge just downstream of Pei, Tibet, near the settlement of Zhibe.
From Wikipedia: Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. The article’s history lists its authors.
Questions about Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet
Where is Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon?
Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is in Tibet at 29.6320, 95.0600. The model covers a 50 by 50 kilometer square around that point.
How high is the terrain in the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon model?
The land in this model runs from 1,019 to 7,273 m (6,254 m of relief). These are the measured heights, printed true to scale.
Can I 3D print Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon?
Yes. Download the free Standard resolution STL and print it on any FDM or resin printer. It is 150 mm wide and about 23.8 mm tall, on a solid 5 mm base, at a scale of about 1:333,300. It also works for CNC carving. Use Customize to change the width, base thickness or height exaggeration, make it round or add a name plate.
How accurate is the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon model?
It is built from real elevation measurements, not an artist's guess: open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point. The shaded picture on this page is made from the same data.
Is the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon model free?
The Standard resolution model is free as STL, 3MF, Colored 3MF, OBJ and a 16-bit heightmap. High resolution samples the place about ten times more finely and is a paid upgrade.
What is a Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon terrain model good for?
People use it as a desk piece, a gift for a hiker or a geology lesson you can hold.
About this terrain model
Embossify Terra builds Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet from real measured elevation, not an artist's guess. Outside the United States the heights come from open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point.
The model covers a 50 by 50 kilometer square centered on 29.6320, 95.0600. It prints 150 mm (5.9 in) wide on a solid base, a scale of about 1:333,300. The heights are true to scale. The sea is flattened to zero, so land stands on a clean base.
New to terrain printing? Read how Terra works. The shaded picture on this page is made by Embossify from the same elevation data.
