How to play Kanas in Xinjiang

The tourist season in Kanas is from June to 10, when the weather is suitable and the scenery is beautiful. But summer is the peak season, and there are many tourists, so you need to book in advance. Winter is a season of beautiful snow, but because of the high altitude, it is difficult to walk on the road, which is suitable for travelers with enough travel experience and ability.

Kanas Scenic Area is located in the middle of Altai Mountain in Xinjiang, at the junction of China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia, with a scenic area of 10030 square kilometers. The core essence of Kanas National Scenic Area is the fierce planing of glaciers, and the surface of ice blocks the valley, forming a lake with a final surface ridge. The elevation of the lake is1375m. The lake is crescent-shaped, with a length of 24.5 kilometers, an average width of 65,438 0.9 kilometers, an average depth of 90 meters, a maximum depth of 65,438 0.88.4 meters, an area of 69,000 mu and a storage capacity of 4 billion cubic meters. It is one of the deep-water lakes in China.

There are 55 large and small scenic spots in Kanas Scenic Area, which belong to 33 basic types, mainly including Kanas National Nature Reserve, Kanas National Geopark, Baihaba National Forest Park, Gardenyu National Forest Park, Kanas Canyon, Harmony Canyon, Na Ren Grassland, Harmony Grassland, Harmony Village, Baihaba Village, Kanas Village and other 8 famous natural landscape areas at home and abroad and 3 human landscape areas.

Climatic characteristics

Kanas Scenic Area belongs to the cold temperate zone, with long cold period and short frost-free period. Because it is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, far from the ocean, with high latitude, large relative height difference and complex terrain, it has formed unique climate characteristics. The annual average temperature here is -0.2℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 29.3℃, and the minimum temperature is -37℃. The average temperature is below 0℃ for six months and seven months in winter.

The coldest January average temperature is-16℃, and the hottest July average temperature is 15.9℃, with only 20℃ at noon. The frost-free period is 80- 108 days, the plant growth period is concentrated in May-August, the annual precipitation is about 1000 mm, and the maximum precipitation zone is 2600.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Kanas