Ba Be Lake - Bac Kan
Ba Be lake locates in the center of Ba Be National Park, far from Bac Kan city 70km to the northwest. Ba Be Lake situates at an altitude of 150m above the sea level, is surrounded by the high limestone mountains and primeval jungles with blue and cool all year. Panorama of the lake is like a water color painting.
Ba Be lake is one of the most unique and beautiful natural tourist attractions in Vietnam The lake was formed bye the geological structure changes millions of years ago that made limestone mountain and caves subsided. The lake was composed of threes ( Pe Leng, Pe Lu, Pe Lam) so it was called Ba Be Lake. The lake is 8km long, the widest place of 2 km, water surface area of 500ha, the average depth of 20m, the deepest of 35m, there are beautiful small islands on the lake and hundreds of freshwater fishes in the lake.
Due to special geological structure, Ba Be Lake has very different personalities in comparison with other Karts lakes on the world. So, the International Conference of freshwater lakes was held in March 1995 ranked Ba Be Lake as one of 20 beautiful natural freshwater lakes of the world that should be protected. In 2012, Ba Be Lake was recognized a special National landscape monument.
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