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On lake Khanka, a winter "Chinese wall"

Added	Tue, 02/01/2018
Источники	esoreiter.ru
Дата публикации	Mon, 01/01/2018
Версии	The formation of ice and snow over the pond

At lake Khanka, which is bordered with China, due to the severe frosts and icy winds, a barrier like the great wall, because the height of this natural formation has already reached 20 meters, and the distance of many kilometers.

Meteorologists explain that this ice wall could occur because of too low temperatures, enhanced wind and water flows over the surface of the ice, but in the past here, nothing similar was observed, so this new year "gift" to local residents, and it seems strange, and even prophetic.