World’s largest canyon—The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon was 505 kilometers (314 miles) long and had some of the tallest trees ever found in Asia. One of the most captivating was the cypress tree, which reached 102 meters (335 feet) high. This height made the 305-foot-tall Statue of Liberty look dwarfed in comparison. According to a statement by Newsweek, “The tree was a Himalayan cypress (Cupressus torulosa), while other reports in Chinese state media cited the tree as a Tibetan cypress (Cupressus gigantea).” Researchers from Peking University, the Xizijiang Conservation Center, and the Shan S…