Kanas Lake is located in the center of the forest belt of the Altay Moutains, at an elevation of 1,374 meters above sea level the shape of bean-pod, 25 kilometers long and 1.6 to 2.9 kilometers wide. The stable water flow,the gently sloping shores and the dense helophyte make it an ideal habitat for fish and waterflow. Kanas in monglian means myterious and beautiful. Do you why people think it is mysterious place it is because there was bug monster in the water according to the legend.but it is true there are some big monster in the lake we call it big red fish that even can eat the horse soemtimes some as long as 8 meters long.The mounrains srrounding Lake Kanas differ greatly in altitude,standing on the bank, one can get bird's eye view of the beauty of
the lake and its surroundings-the seven scenes of the Altay Mountains With Lake Kanas as its center, a Natural Reservation has been established ,covering an area of 5,588 sq km.

This is the moon bay of the Lake Kanas. there is a small land looks like footprint of the Human. it is one of the best place to take picture in the afternoon when you go back from the Lake.

Moon Bay

Taking a trip northward 1 kilometer from the Crouching Dragon Bay, one can overlook the Moon Bay on the mountain-encircling road. The bay is a section of Z-shape river course, whose serene, blackish-green water looks like a “Crescent”.

?At sight of this scene, one can feel the magical creation of great nature featured by an evening crescent compared to faint and quiet dreamland.???

? In the crescent like section sits a foot-shape isle, which is said to be a foot-print left by the goddess of the moon, having secretly eaten the glossy ganoderma? while flying back to the moon in a hurry. The indigenes also call it "Crescent Lake" or "Foot-bottom Lake".

Crouching Dragon Bay?

The Crouching Dragon Bay, on the way coming close to the Kanas Lake, along the river the peaks stand erect, forest become lush and dense. canyons become deep and rivers become swift. After crossing a wooden bridge, one will?see a stretch of pure betula pendula, whose trunks are tall and straight, barks are white, branches are drooping gracefully, with clear-cut aspect, being known as A Maid in Forest.? After the birch forest, the valley suddenly become broad, wjth the Crouching Dragon Bay ahead, shaping like a cauldron, called Cauldron-bottom Lake by the local people. Some tourists, on getting here, will think it is the Kanas Lake. However,they wont know the truth until lingering on with no thought of leaving for half a day and then, they simply call it Little Kanas Lake. The Crouching Dragon Bay has a water area of about 90,000 sq meters. The Kanas River slowly flows by, its color is pure blue and clean and soft waves are floating, with the scenery of rivers and mountains behind being reflected on the water. The ait in the bay looks like a giant crouching bay. It is said that long, long ago, a giant dragon once played with water by mounting the clouds and riding the mist. All of sudden, the weather changed drastically, the ice sealed and snow froze in a moment, for which the giant dragon was frozen stiff here, thus being named the Crouching Dragon Bay. Here is an ideal place for cultivation of fish with its long bay and slow flow, in which someone once caught a 2 meter-long Big Red Fish.