Kanas nature reserve in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will be built
into the largest national park in western China, China News Service
reports.
Kanas Lake, located in the
valley of the Altai, Xinjiang, is a famous natural resort. Colors
of Kanas Lake vary in different seasons and weather. Its beauty and
mysterious folk tales attract many tourists every year.
The upcoming national park will not only include the original
Kanas nature reserve around Kanas Lake, but also a village of Kaba
county and another famous tourist destinations, Hom village. The
10,000 sq km park will be larger than America's Yellow Stone
National Park.
In the recent years, visitors to Kanas nature reserve increased
by 25 percent every year. However, most visitors went to the narrow
strip region around the Kanas Lake. This situation adds ecological
pressure to the best-known tourist destinations in Xinjiang.
Hopefully, the new large park can reduce the pressure.
Kanas nature reserve has been universally recognized as the most
beautiful place in China. With various natural sceneries, such as
glaciers, permafrost, mountains, rivers, lakes and grassland, Kanas
has won global fame for its rare, unique, beautiful and gorgeous
natural landscape.
Lake Kanas lies near the Altai mountains in the northern border
region of Xingjiang. About 1,000 kilometers north of Urumqi,
capital of Xingjiang, Lake Kanas occupies an area of 44.78 square
kilometers and is 1,340 meters above the sea level. The lake is
China's deepest freshwater lake, with its deepest area being about
184 meters. About 117 different kinds of birds make their home
along this lake.
(CRI October 9, 2007)
