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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. | |
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