Lake Baikal Russia Map
Its maximum depth is 1 713 meters.
Lake baikal russia map. байгал нуур baigal nuur is a rift lake located in southern siberia russia between irkutsk oblast to the northwest and the buryat republic to the southeast. Lake baikal b aɪ ˈ k ɑː l ˈ k æ l. A unesco world heritage site lake baikal in russia is the deepest lake in the world. The largest of these are lakes belozero topozero vygozero.
Lake tanganyika 4 823 feet. Map of baikal lake. As part of russia s plans to conquest siberia an expansion into the buryat region from around lake baikal took place between 1628 and 1658. Lake baikal lake baikal is a lake in eastern siberia russia it is the biggest and deepest freshwater lake in the world and a unesco world heritage site.
Baikal holds 20 of the world s unfrozen freshwater which amounts to around 5 662 cubic miles of crystal clear freshwater which is more than what the great lakes of north america holds in total volume. Lake baikal russian ozero baykal also spelled ozero bajkal lake located in the southern part of eastern siberia within the republic of buryatia and irkutsk oblast province of russia. It is during this period that lake baikal was discovered. At 25 million years old it is also the oldest lake in the world.
Lake baikal alone holds 85 of the freshwater resources of the lakes in russia and 20 of the world s total. Lake baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world containing 22 23 of the world s fresh surface water. One year later ivan pokhabov went up the angara to reach baikal the first russian to have used this difficult route. Instead of using the google maps of baikal we decided to draw them ourselves.
Endemism occurs in the lake with half of its 60 native fish species and a freshwater seal. Olkhon island 7 bays area buryatian side circum baikal railway and listvyanka. With 23 615 39 km 3 5 670 cu mi of fresh water it contains. The most prominent of russia s bodies of fresh water is lake baikal the world s deepest and most capacious freshwater lake.
Using these maps you can discover the most interesting spots at the lake and some secret treasures to zoom in just click on the areas of baikal map you re interested in. Lake baikal has an elevation of 449 meters. Numerous smaller lakes dot the northern regions of the european and siberian plains. In 1643 kurbat ivanov was the first russian to see lake baikal and the olkhon island.
He then crossed the lake in order to explore the lower selenge river.