The Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon

　　Zhang Jimin， born in Tieling County， Liaoning Province in 1947，graduated from the History Department of Peking University. He is now a senior correspondent with the Xinhua News Agency， a member of the China National Humanand Biology Circle Committee， and a standing councilor of the China Association of Scientific Exploration. In early 1994， he urged specialists of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to find evidence to prove that the YarlungTsangpo Great Canyon was the biggest canyon in the world. Thus， he turned out to be one of the discoverers of thebiggest canyon in the world. Based on firsthand materials collected from numerous scientificexplorations， he has published about a dozen monographs including Random Notes of an Explorer ，Risking the Arctic Pole， Into the Grandest Canyon of the World ，and Adventures in the Borderland.

本书以图文并茂的形式介绍了中国的雅鲁藏布大峡谷。