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TheKanasLake,analpinemorainelakeinthefrigidhighlandvalley,locatedatthefootoftheYouyi(Friendship)PeakoftheAltayMountains,isactuallythewidestwatersurfaceoftheKanasRiver,atributaryoftheEtixRiver.KanasistheonlyoutstretchedbeltofSiberiantaigasforestinChina,theonlydistributionareaofSiberianplantsinChina,thelargestbranchriverheadofEtixRiver—theonlywatersystemtotheArcticOceaninChina.TheKanasLake,whichmeans“beautiful,richandmysterious”inMongolian,canbefound150kmnorthofBu‘erjinTown.LocatedinavalleyintheAltaiMountainsneartheverynortherntipofXinjiang,thelakeis1,374mabovesealevelandcoversanareaof45.73sq.kmwiththedeepestpointof188.5m.Itisaninlandfreshwaterlake.ThelakewatercomesfrommeltedglacialwaterandlocalprecipitationinKui-tun,Youyifengandothermountains.TheshapeofKanasLakeisintheshapeofcrescentmoon,thetouristattractionoftheKanaslakeismainlymadeupofcamelneckbay,discolorationlake,Wolongbayandsoon;therearerarefishsuchasZheluoSalmon,finescaleSalmonandsoon.KanasLakeisanalpinemorainelakeformedbythequaternaryglacialmovement（2millionyearsago).ItwasnamedthemostbeautifullakeinChinabyChinaNationalGeographicmagazinein2009。TheoriginalnameofKanashavebeeninterpretedinmanywaysasTuva(Turkic),KanaasHarameansblackandSiasSumeanswaterasShui,andtheTurkic-speakingpeoplesregardthecolourofblackassupremeandgreat,SotheKanasLakeisregardedasthegreatsacredlake.Inthepast,KanaswascalledHannsu,whichiswidelyspokenbyMongolianTuwapeople.HahnmeansKhanorKhan,SuemeansWater,sohencethenameofthewaterofKhan,thewateroftheking.Inthecourseofhistoricalevolution,thisregionhasbeenunderthejurisdictionofthelocalclanauthoritiesofXianbeiKhanate,JuranKhanate,TurkicKhanate,Ti