Karakul Lake, which means "black lake" in Kirkiz language,It is located at the foot of the Muztagt iceberg in Subashi Village, 26 kilometers southeast of Bulun Township, Aktao County, Kirkiz Autonomous Prefecture, Kizilsu, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is the largest natural lake in the Eastern Pamir Plateau, with a triangular shape and an area of about 4.59 square kilometers.
With an average depth of about 15 meters and a maximum depth of 30 meters, Lake Karakul is a typical inland plateau lake. The glacial period lasts for 6 months, . Lake Karakul has an alpine climate with an average annual temperature of 2.16 ° C. There are precious wild animals such as snow chicken, snow leopard, monkeybok and argali, and rare vegetation such as sand Holly and snow lotus. Mineral resources are mainly iron, gold, copper and other metallic ores, emery jade, granite, Muscovite and other non-metallic ores.
