- Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal, Russian Ozero Baykal, Lake, southern Siberia, Russia, in Asia.
- With depths of more than a mile, the 25-million-year-old Lake Baikal is the most voluminous freshwater lake on the planet — and it’s home to a variety of...
- This is Russia’s Lake Baikal — the world’s oldest and deepest lake — situated in southeast Siberia, near the border with Mongolia.
- Lake Baikal has been confirmed as the only fresh water lake with direct and indirect evidence of gas hydrates existing.[4].
- Lake Baikal is nothing short than a natural wonder. It is the deepest, oldest and largest freshwater lake by volume, containing one fifth of the world’s fresh water.
- Lake Baikal’s is 600-kilometers in length and is an ecosystem of its own. In 1996 UNESCO recognised it as a world heritage site.
- Amidst mountains and pine forests in a remote Siberian village in the far east of Russia, lies the deepest lake in the world: Lake Baikal.
- The strait between the island and the western shore of the lake is called the Small Sea and it’s one of the most popular resorts on Lake Baikal.
- Magnificent Lake Baikal is the deepest fresh water lake isolated from human activity. It is the main reason why ecology of the lake is in good condition.
- In the west there are the Baikal Mountains, in the east the Zabaikalskie Mountains. The Angara River is the only outflow of Lake Baikal.