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Swan Lake |
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| Swan Lake is located in |
| Yurdos Basin, which is |
| about 2400 meters above |
| sea level,surrounded by |
| Snow covered Mountains |
| on all sides. The Basin is |
| somewhat flat about 1000 |
| sq km of lakes and swamps. |
| ,shallow beaches and islets |
| distributed all over,making |
| the basin am an ideal habitat |
| for water fowl.In the early spring of every year, flocks of swan |
| came to lay eggs, often 30 add days of hatching the young
birds |
| came into being. In another two months, the young beging to try |
| their wings to practise flying.The swan with their young birds |
| migrate south before the approach of winter. According to observations |
| by scientists, three kinds of swan have been recorded in the Yurdos |
| Basin, they are big-species swan,the wart-nosed swan,and small |
| species swan. In all,they number over 10,000 with the big-species swan |
| as the majority. The Lakes are also home of over 70 kinds of othere rare |
| species of fowl, all of them are now under the protection of our |
| country.The Swan lake is more far away than the heavenly lake
but it is |
| muvh better than heavenly lake near Urumqi.Wuth bug pasture land,one |
| can eith trek near the lake or horse riding. you can also live the |
| Yurts. There are also not many tourist. The scenery is just like |
| postcards. |