Kanas Lake (Chinese: 喀纳斯湖; pinyin: Kānàsī Hú,Xiao'erjing: كَانَاسِ خٗ) is a lake inAltay Prefecture, Xinjiang,China. The lake is located in a valley in the Altai Mountains, near the very northern tip ofXinjiang, and the province's borders with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia. The lake was formed around 200,000 years ago during theQuaternary 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. The Kanas River, flowing out of the lake, later merges with the Hemu River to form theBurqin River, which itself discharges into the Irtysh River at Burqin Town, the county seat ofBurqin County. Source: Wikipedia
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