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Midui
Glacier in World's Largest Canyon
(Mt. Namcha Barwa)
The Yalung Tsangpu Ruver Great Canyon at Mt. Namcha Barwa of East Himalayas (Tibet) is the larest canyon in the world - depth 5,382m (17,657 ft), length 496.3km.
There are 4,800 square kilometers glaciers in this region . One of the largest area of the season wind type modern glaciers in the world.
The snowfields at the originates of the glaciers are as large as 70 - 100 sq.km. The ice waterfalls as high as 700 meters. The wonderful Ice waves of the glaciers. The ice hall is a fantastic ice world with its roof thickness reached several hundreds meters. The ice mushroom (left 4th photos) is the favored table of the geologists. These ice mushrooms can be several hundreds tons in weight. The glaciers, the forests, the wildlife consist together to form a wonderful world here.
A special type of glaciers - the "jumping glaciers". So far there are two glaciers in the Great Canyon region have had periodical long distance and high speed jumping movements. The ZheLongLong Glacier and the MiDui Glacier. During the jumping period, the glaciers' moving speed reached 1.5 km per day. It reflects the geological extreme active of this region.
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| Midui Glacier, inetresting arc-shaped structure.
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Expeditions available:
Glacier Scientific Expedition in World's Largest Canyon , 2001