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Lake Baikal is in a rift valley, created by the Baikal Rift Zone, where the Earth's crust is slowly pulling apart. [5] At 636 km (395 mi) long and 79 km (49 mi) wide, Lake Baikal has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake in Asia, at 31,722 km 2 (12,248 sq mi), and is the deepest lake in the world at 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 fathoms).
The Baikal seal, Lake Baikal seal or nerpa (Pusa sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal , it is related to the Arctic ringed seal . The Baikal seal is one of the smallest true seals and the only exclusively freshwater pinniped species. [2]
The Baikal–Amur Mainline ( Russian: Байкало-Амурская магистраль, БАМ, Baikalo-Amurskaya magistral', BAM) is a 1,520 mm ( 4 ft in) broad-gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the 4,324 km (2,687 mi)-long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km (380 to 480 miles) north of and ...
Baikal seals. The only exclusively freshwater seal species is the Baikal seal, locally named nerpa . The Baikal seal has inhabited Lake Baikal for roughly two million years, the closest relative to it being the Arctic ringed seal whence it has likely descended.
The Baikal Deep Underwater Neutrino Telescope ( BDUNT) ( Russian: Байкальский подводный нейтринный телескоп) is a neutrino detector conducting research below the surface of Lake Baikal ( Russia) since 2003. [1] The first detector was started in 1990 and completed in 1998. It was upgraded in 2005 and again ...
The Baikal Nature Reserve ( / baɪˈkɔːl /; Russian: Байка́льский запове́дник) is a nature reserve and "zapovednik" on the southeast shore of Lake Baikal, in southern Buryatia, Russia. Also called Baikal Zapovednik, it was established in 1969 for preserving the nature along the lake and the neighboring central part of ...
Omul. The omul, Coregonus migratorius, also known as Baikal omul ( Russian: байкальский омуль ), is a whitefish species of the salmon family endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is considered a delicacy and is the object of one of the largest commercial fisheries on Lake Baikal. In 2004, it was listed by an unknown ...
The park is managed with three other nature reserves, and is a major component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Lake Baikal". The Angara River, which is the outflow of Lake Baikal west into the Yenisei River basin, runs through the park. The park has very high levels of biodiversity and endemic species.
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