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Lake Baikal is the deepest and one of the biggest and most ancient lakes of the world. It is situated almost in the centre of Asia. Lake Baikal is a gigantic bowl set 445 meter above sea level. This grand, enormous, unusual and charming miracle of nature is located in the south of Eastern Siberia, in the Buryat Autonomous Republic and region of Irkutsk, Russia.

The widest point of the lake is 79.4 km.

8. The lake covers 31,500 sq.km. It is 636 km long and an average of 48 km wide. The widest point of the lake is 79.4 km. The water basin occupies 557,000 sq. km. and contains 23,000 cu.km.(cubic kilometer) of water, which is about one fifth of the world’s reserves fresh surface water.

9. More than half of Lake Baikal's 3,000 species are found nowhere else on the planet.

10. The average water level in the lake is never higher than 456m. The average depth of Lake Baikal is 730 m., and its maximum depth in the middle is 1,620 m. It would take about one year for all the rivers of the world to fill Baikal’s basin, and would take four hundred years for all the rivers, streams and brooks now flowing into Siberian lake-sea to do the same.

11. There are hot springs in the surrounding area of Lake Baikal. The quality of the water of these springs is excellent. The lake acts as a powerful generator and bio filter producing this water. Baikal is a stormy lake. Autumn is the most stormy time. The wind blows various directions.

12. The quality of the water of these springs is excellent.

13. Baikal is a stormy lake.

14. Storm in lake Baikal

15. The weather depends on the wind. If it is blowing from the north, the weather is bright and sunny. The water of the lake looks green and dark blue. But if the winds get stronger, Baikal turns black, waves rising high with white crest. The beauty of Lake Baikal is exceptional.

Lake Baikal
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Lake Baikal is a one-hour drive from Irkutsk. It is one of the unique wonders of the world.
It is called the Pearl of Russia and the blue heart of Siberia. It contains 1/6 of the world’s fresh crystal clear water.
The Baikal is the world’s oldest lake – its age is about 25 – 30 million years. And it is the deepest lake in the world – 1,642 metres.

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The Baikal has many beautiful places. One of them is the island Olkhon. It is the biggest of about 30 islands in Lake Baikal.
The Olympic Flame has been lit in the Baikal as a part of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay.

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Over 300 rivers flow into the lake but only the Angara-river runs out of it.
There is a tale about an old man Baikal and his beautiful daughter Angara.

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The freshwater seal known as the nerpa, is endemic to Lake Baikal. It is also the only mammal which inhabits the lake. It is a mystery how they came to settle in the Baikal.
The world-famous sable of the Barguzin region, distinguished for its dark and beautiful pelt, is the pride of the forest and endemic to the Baikal. In 1916 Tsar Nicholas II created the Barguzin Preserve for the protection of the sable.

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Golomyanka or Baikal oil fish is the most unique fish in the world. It gives birth to live young. The fish normally lives in depth of 200 – 500 m. It is so transparent that you can read a newspaper through it.
Epischura, being the dominant zooplankton species there is endemic to Lake Baikal. It is the tiny epischura (no bigger than a poppyseed) that keeps Lake Baikal clean. It sucks tiny scraps of food out of the lake.

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Omul, the delicate fish, has always been a favourite with Siberians.
It is caught, smoked and then sold widely in markets around the lake.

Lake Baikal is an amazing feature of Nature

Lake Baikal is an amazing feature of Nature. It is situated in the centre of the Asian continent. The lake is unique in all respects.

3 It is the oldest lake – it is millions years, and it is capacious – it can hold the waters of the Baltic Sea and those of the five Great American Lakes.It is also the biggest lake – it is equal to the territories of Belgium and Holland taken together.It is the deepest lake – its depth in some places reaches metres.The Baikal water is the most important stock of the planet’s drinkable water, it constitutes one-fifth of it.

4 As to the lake’s beauty, it is hard to describe it better than the Russian writer Anton Chekhov, who visited it at the last century. He said: “Lake Baikal is wonderful and it’s not for nothing that the Siberian call it the sea, not lake. Its water is exclusively transparent, so that one can see through it as trough the air. Its co lour is light blue to please the eye”.

5 So how is the lake’s name originated? Who named it Baikal?

In the Middle Ages in the Mongolian language people called it “Tengiz”, then before the Russians came Baikal was called “Baigal-dalai” or “Baigal-Muran” (dalai means sea, muran means river in the Mongolian language) or “standing fire” (Baikal- the reflection of heaven).

6 There are 852 species, 233 kinds of seaweeds, more than 1550 kinds of animals, 50 species of fish, nearly 600 species of plants, and 300 species of birds.

7 Do you know about the famous Baikal fish. Certainly it’s omul
Do you know about the famous Baikal fish? Certainly it’s omul. But omul came from the ocean. How could omul reach the lake? The Baikal omul lives 5-14 years. For its reproduction the omul swims up the tributaries of Baikal: the upper Angara, the Kichera, the Selenga and other small rivers.

8 There is a mysterious self-bearing fish – golomyanka

There is a mysterious self-bearing fish – golomyanka. It throws 2-3 thousands of larvae into the water and perishes. Its body is without scales. Its body is transparent and in light you can see its skeleton. The golomyanka’s body consists of 3% of fat. And it is used in the Tibetan medicine.

9 In Baikal you can find a sea animal- seal (it’s Baikal seal)

In Baikal you can find a sea animal- seal (it’s Baikal seal). It has beautiful fur and its fat has medicinal qualities.Its meat is just like chicken, the uncooked liver is rich in vitamins and they say it’s the most valuable product. The seal lives in the north and in the middle part of Baikal.

11 The taiga expanses surrounding Lake Baikal are famous for fur-bearing animals, such as squirrels, sables, stoats, minks, foxes, hares and others. In the taiga in the vicinity of Baikal you can meet bears, the lynx and the Siberian reindeer.

12 Barguzin sables have always been considered the greatest wealth of the lake Baikal area. They are beautiful and strong, especially near the lake and in places where it is colder. Their shimmering dark fur stands out for its silkiness.

13 Baikal’s flora

14 Lake Baikal and its shores have been declared a specially protected zone of our country. There is a hope that one of the most beautiful and deepest lakes in the world will never die.