China's most beautiful lakes:Top 5
Updated: 2007-05-14 08:48
Heavenly Lake (Tian Chi) ,North China's Jilin Province
Area: 9.82 square kilometers; 2,150 meters above sea level
A 2-million-year-old volcanic crater lake at the summit of Mt. Changbai, Heaven Pool is the largest volcanic crater lake in China.
Mt. Changbai is China's largest nature reserve and home to a vast
array of animal and plant life. It is one of the few areas of dense forest left
in China and provides the habitat for the exceptionally rare Manchurian tiger.
Mt. Changbai can only be visited in the summer months as it is completely cut
off in winter.
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