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. At a maximum depth of approximately 3,790 meters from river to mountain peak, Tiger Leaping Gorge is one of the deepest and most spectacular river canyons in the world.
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虎跳峡是中国云南省丽江一处峡谷,位于玉龙与香格里拉之间的金沙江干流上。相传金沙江逢枯水期时,有猛虎下山,在此江中的礁石上稍一脚后腾空便越过,故称“虎跳峡”,江中的礁石则称作“虎跳石”。
虎跳峡的两岸有雪山对峙,左岸(西面)为哈巴雪山,右岸(东面)为玉龙雪山,自谷底到山顶高差达3790米。虎跳峡全长约16公里,分成上虎跳、中虎跳、下虎跳三段,始于金沙江及其支流硕多岗河汇合处,即中甸县桥头镇一带;止于玉龙县大具乡一带。虎跳峡两侧岩石为片岩和大理岩组成,宽度大概60至80米,最窄处约30余米,天然落差200多米,水流湍急,水力资源蕴藏丰富。
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