- 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 Baikal stage would be equipped with a folding wing, which would be stored along the fuselage of the vehicle during the ascent of the rocket.
- It was built in the 1950s for the workers of the fish factory. This may seem strange, but produced “fish” was not the Baikal omul, but the Pacific herring.
- The body of water is also known as the 'Baikal Sea' and the 'Pearl of Siberia'. At 1642 meters (5390 ft) Lake Baikal is the deepest, and among the clearest lakes...
- The Baikal seal is one of more than 2,000 known animals that are endemic (unique) to Lake Baikal in...
- This is a viviparous fish belonging to an endemic family. Of the mammals, a representative of the pinnipeds, the Baikal seal, or nerpa, also lives in Lake Baikal.
- There is also a surprisingly good limnological (lake) museum, which has its own aquarium with Baikal fish and even "nerpa" - the Baikal seal.
- When the morning gloom cleared, we saw the eastern shore of the lake. It looked so close, that we asked our driver: "Why do they call Baikal the Big Sea?
- Like Lake Baikal, the Selenga Delta is internationally recognized for its biodiversity and importance, according to the Ramsar Convention.
- 8.3. How to get from Irkutsk to Lake Baikal?
- 8.5. 2. Visit the Baikal Museum
- 8.9. 6. Stroll over Baikal Market and the beach