🌊 Kanas Lake

People's Republic of China · Asia · 1,374 m · 48.81°N, 87.04°E

Kanas Lake is a lake in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The lake is located in a valley in the Altai Mountains, near the very northern tip of Xinjiang and the autonomous region's borders with Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The lake was formed around 200,000 years ago during the Quaternary period as a result of glacier movement. The crescent moon shaped lake has an estimated water storage capacity of 53.8 billion cubic meters, coupled with an average depth of around 120 meters.

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Quick facts

Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	1,374 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	48.81°N, 87.04°E · view on map

Kanas Lake sits at 1,374 m in People's Republic of China, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More lakes in People's Republic of China

Qinghai Lake · Lake Khanka · Poyang Lake · Crescent Lake (Dunhuang) · Dongting Lake · Fuxian Lake · Lake Manasarovar · Lake Tai · West Lake · Erhai Lake.

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