Sayram Lake

Xinjiang · China

Sayram Lake, China
Photo: lwtt93 from Shanghai, China, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
June to August
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The largest alpine lake in Xinjiang, a deep blue expanse ringed by grasslands and distant snow ranges. Kazakh herders graze horses on the meadows, and wildflowers bloom along the shore in early summer.

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