Kanas Lake 喀纳斯湖
(重定向自Kanas)
Kanas Lake (Chinese:喀纳斯湖; pinyin:Kānàsī Hú) is a lake in Altay Prefecture, ********, China. The lake is located in a valley in the Altai Mountains, near the very northern tip of ********, 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 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.