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🕳️ Deepest gorge

Kali Gandaki Gorge · about 1,450 m (4,760 ft) from river to peaks

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🕳️ Deepest gorge

about 1,450 m (4,760 ft) from river to peaks

Kali Gandaki Gorge · Between Dhaulagiri & Annapurna

Carved by the Kali Gandaki where it threads between two of the world's highest mountains, this is measured as the deepest cut any river has made through the land surface.

Record at a glance

RecordDeepest gorge
FeatureKali Gandaki Gorge
Measurementabout 1,450 m (4,760 ft) from river to peaks
LocationBetween Dhaulagiri & Annapurna
CountryNepal

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This record belongs to our Canyons & Gorges collection, where every canyons & gorges in the world is catalogued.

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