`Kanas` is a Mongolian word meaning `lake in the canyon`. The main features of this Park are the `high mountain glacier lake` Kanas Lake and the Kanas River, part of which formed the `Yueliangwan` Moon Bay.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 province`s borders with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia. The lake was formed around 200,000 years ago during the Quaternary period as a result of glacier.Kanas Nature Reserve, bordering with Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia, boasts a natural ecosystem formed by lakes, rivers, glaciers, forests and grasslands.
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