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Located
in Burerjin County of Aletai area in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region, Hanasi Lake in the Mongolian language means a beautiful,
rich and mysterious place.
Hanasi Lake is a reservoir formed by violent
movements of ancient glaciers which blocked the outlet of the
valley. Covering an area of 45.73 square meters and with an elevation
of 1300 meters, the Lake is 24 kilometers long, 1.9 kilometers
wide and 90 meters deep on an average.
Hanasi Lake is well-known for its color variations:
dark green alternating with azure, grey or milky white? The water
temperature is also very changeable: at noon in July about 20
degrees centigrade, fit for swimming, but at dusk a drastic drop
to icy-cold.
As one of China nature preservation zone, Hanasi
Lake abounds in fresh-water fish such as tremendous Zheluo salmon,
thin-scaled salmon, North-pole hui-fish and cod, which, from time
to time, jump out of water stirring spells of ripples.
As the only habitat of animals and plants of
Palaeozoic Erathem, the biocommunity in Hanasi Lake preservation
zone still maintains primeval condition and has about 300 species
of precious plants and a dozen of rare animals.
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