- In Russia we spell Lake Baikal like “OzeroBaykal”. The word “Baikal”came from Turk language. The word “bai” means “wealthy” and“kul” means “lake”.
- Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal, Russian Ozero Baykal, Lake, southern Siberia, Russia, in Asia.
- Minimum width: 16 miles (25 km), according to Baikal World Web. Coastline area: 1,300 miles (2,100 km), according to Lake Baikal.org.
- Baykal Gölü, sadece dünyanın en derin gölü değil aynı zamanda eşsiz manzaralar sunan bir doğa harikası.
- Lake Baikal is a fresh water lake, and the lake was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Lake Baikal is part of the Baikal Rift Zone.
- One of the main features of the Baikal Lake is the clearness of its waters; the water is so clear that any object can be seen well at the depth of 40 meters.
- Most of the living creatures that live in the waters of Lake Baikal are found nowhere else on Earth – the lake is home to more than 1750 endemic species.
- Quick Lake Baikal brief
- Lake Baikal contains about 22% of the world’s fresh water supply.
- The lake is located in mid-Siberia, close to Irkutsk.
- Thought I’d take a self-guided visit to Lake Baikal since I had stopped by Irkutsk, and it turned out to be one of the best decisions on the trip.
- Such a “rift valley” has been formed in southern Siberia and this is the location of Lake Baikal which, by volume and depth, is the world’s largest lake.