Attraction of Korla Bosten lake

Korla Bosten lake: is located in the north-eastern edge of Taklimakan desert in western China. It is called “West Sea” in ancient time, is located in Bohu County that is in Yanqi Basin, and is the largest inland fresh water lake of our country. The lake covers an area of 1000 km2, and it is 17 m deep at the deepest point. The lake communicates with Kaidu River at one end and with Peacock River at the other end. The lake can be divided into the big lake and the small lake. The big lake has broad water area. In the west of the big lake are many small lakes communicating with one another. In summer, various aquatic sports can be conducted here, and in winter, the lake is a natural ground for ice-sports. Bosten Lake is one the four major production places of reed in China. There is about 600,000 mu of reed here and 400,000 tons of dry reed is produced annually, which is quality raw material for paper. As one of the fishery bases of Xinjiang, Bosten Lake is rich in fishes of 24 kinds such as carp, cyprinoid, herring, grass carp and silver carp. Here, you can also have a taste of food made of fishes.