- United States and Russian studies of sediment cores taken from Lake Baikal provide a detailed record of climatic variation over the past 250,000 years.
- Lake Baikal, at its deepest, is the deepest lake in the world, and with some 7 kilometers of sediment filling the lake bottom, the deepest continental rift on Earth.
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- The Western shore of Baikal lake is home to its indigenous people – Buryats, who’s main traditional religion is still the shamanism.
- Lake Baikal sits in Southern Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk.
- Lake Baikal is an ancient, massive lake in the mountainous Russian region of Siberia, north of the Mongolian border.
- Lake Baikal is the largest and oldest lake of the world that consists of 80% freshwater of the world. The lake is a home for many people and animal species.
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- Lake Baikal contains about 22% of the world’s fresh water supply.
- The lake is located in mid-Siberia, close to Irkutsk.
- Baikal Lake is the oldest (25 million years) and the deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. ... In 1996 the Baikal Lake was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.