The wall is 20 meters across the largest freshwater lake in the Far East

Cold weather combined with many natural elements makes a large ice wall formed along the lake Khanka.

The ice wall appeared near the shore of Lake Khanka.

A 20-meter-high ice wall and long kilometers appeared near the shore of Lake Khanka on the border area between Primorye, Russia and Heilongjiang Province, China, Earth Chronicles reported on Dec. 31.

Initially only about 3 - 4m high. However, the wall grew bigger and reached 20m high. According to meteorologists, this ice wall is formed due to the long time the temperature remains low, combined with strong winds and water currents that cross the ice surface.

Khanka is the largest in the Far East region. The lake has an area of ​​more than 4,000 km ² with an average depth of 4.5m. There are 23 rivers flowing into the lake but only one outflow is Songacha River.