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Kanas Lake

lake in People's Republic of China
LakeBodyOfWater lake Q1723644
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Summary

Kanas Lake is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,126 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Burqin County[3]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Instance of: Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction[5]
  • Inflows: Kanas[6]
  • Outflows: Kanas[7]
  • Basin country: People's Republic of China[8]
  • Commons category: Lake Kanas[9]
  • IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category V: Protected Landscape/Seascape[10]
  • Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[11]
  • Length: 24 km[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1374 m[13]
  • Area: 44.78 km²[14]
  • Height: 1885 m[15]
  • Width: 1.9 km[16]
  • World Heritage criteria: (vii)[17], (viii)[18], (ix)[19]
  • Vertical depth: 188.5 m[20], 120 m[21]

Why It Matters

Kanas Lake has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24w ago · Nico le terrible · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → lake, Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction"
  2. 26w ago · Jarkn · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vertical depth → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+188.5'}, {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+120'}
    World heritage criteria → (vii), (viii), (ix)
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1.9'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1374'}
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/jazero-ka-nasi/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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