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The highest peak of Altay mountain which is 4374 meters high, also the peak which witnesses the friendship between China and Russia, stands among the mountains, looking like a white stone because of the white snow covered in the peak. The belt-like glaciers near the peak look like a white flying dragon. The longest among them is the so called Kanas glacier which stretches as long as ten kilometers. The melted water of the Kanas glacier flow into the Y-shaped Akekule Lake and it becomes the main resource water of Kanas Lake. The word Kanas means beautiful, rich and mysterious in Mongolian. If you start from Buerjin county at the foot of Altay Mountain, and walk along Buerjin River (one of the biggest tributary of Irtysh River) valley more than 120 kilometers in the west, you can reach Kanas Lake.
Kanas River lies in the central part of the forest belt in the mountain. The elevation of the lake is 1374 meters. The length of the lake is 25 kilometers and the width ranges from 1.6 to 3.9 kilometers. The lake looks like a pod and it has an area of 37.7 square kilometers. It is eight times bigger than Tian Lake in Tianshan Mountain in terms of area. Kanas Lake is 188.5 meters deep. Except the lake in Baitou Mountain situates in the borderline between China and North Korea (the lake is 312.7 meters deep), Kanas Lake is the deepest lake in China. At the north of the lake is the towering Friendship peak. There are many trees surrounded the lake which makes the scenery there look like a picture. Snow-covered peaks, green hills and blue water make the spot look so natural. The beautiful mountains and waters make you can’t take them all in. If you watch the scenery through the luxuriant forest near the lake, you will see that clouds curling up from the hills and the inverted reflection of snow-covered peak in water. You will hear whispering of Red deer come from the depth of the forest at times. The roe deer or deer can be seen in the thick forest which consists of pines, cedars, birches, willows and over headed grass. Flocks of wild ducks can be seen playing on the surface of the lake. Sometimes, big fish can be seen jumping out the water and then ripples can be seen. The scenery in the Kanas Lake integrated the features of both lakes in north and south.
Kanas Lake situates in the middle reaches of Kanas River which is a tributary of Buerjin River. During summer, the volume of flow in the lake is 50 cubic meters per second. The depth of the lake doesn’t change so much in the year, and the flow in the lake is stable, so the plants in the edge of the lake are luxuriant. And at the same time, the Kanas Lake becomes a paradise for fishes and waterfowls to reproduce. Every year during July and August, flocks of small fishes can be seen in the water near the bank of the lake and this makes the color of the lake change. More interestingly, the color of the water in Kanas Lake change regularly with the change of sunlight. Looking from the top of a mountain, you will see that the color of the water in Kanas Lake is deep blue when it is sunny, while it is dark green when it is cloudy. During the hot summer, the color of the water in Kanas Lake becomes milky white with light green. How does this take place? The glacier in the upper reaches melts, and the water bring many milk white moraines to the lake. Sometimes, the lake has many colors. It is the famous color changing lake. The temperature in Kanas Lake varies greatly. Usually it can reach more than 20 degrees C in the hot July noon. At that time, it is suitable for swimming. But when evening comes, the temperature drops quickly. The temperature at that time can be described as ice cold. In December, the lake will be frozen. At that time, Kanas Lake looks like a crystal white mirror. The local Mongolian residents use sledge to transport things in the surface of the lake. The ice in the lake begins to melt in the next May. Because of the strong wind in the lake surface, it blows the tree trunks and branches which come from the upper reaches or are thrown into the lake to the north of the lake. So it forms a braches-belt which is over one hundred meters wide and over two kilometers long. This also is a wonder in the lake. Every year, when July and August come, the lake was curled by clouds and this makes the mountains looms through the clouds. When you climb up to the top of Halakaite mountain lies in the west of Kanas Lake in an after-rain morning, you can enjoy the “the wonder of Ermei Mountain”—-clouds sea and Buddha light of Kanas Lake.
This area is the only place in which south Siberia animals and plants are distributed. It has more than one thousand kinds of plants, over 30 kinds of animals, and more than one hundred kinds of birds. Kanas is the paradise of wild animals and it is also the place which has the most kinds of animals and birds. In the thick primeval forest live many rare animals which are protected by the state. Flocks of large red fish, small red fish, polar fish and cod are floating in the lake. The biggest red fish can be 4 meters long and over 20 kilograms weight. It can swallow one wild duck one time.
A natural reserve has been established which makes Kanas Lake as its center. It occupies an area of 5588 square kilometers. The rare, special, and beautiful natural scenery and unique cultural scenery make up the wonders in the natural reserve. This in turn makes the reserve have high value of scientific research, tourism visit and culture research.
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