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- Lake type: Continental rift lake
- Located in Siberia, roughly 3000 miles east of Moscow
- Basin countries: Russia
- Max. length: 636 km (395 mi)Baikal Explorer: Details & Facts about Baikal Lake
- Max. width: 81 km (50 mi)Baikal Explorer: Details & Facts about Baikal Lake
- Surface area: 31,494 km² (12,159.9 sq mi)
- Average depth: 758 m (2,487 ft)
- Max. depth: 1,637 m (5,371 ft)
- Water volume: 23,600 km3 (5,700 cu mi)
- Contains as much water as all of North America's Great Lakes
- Age is estimated at 25–30 million years; one of the most ancient lakes in geological history
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Located in Southern Siberia in Russia, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. It contains approximately 20% of the world's total surface fresh water. The lake contains over 1,700 species of plants and animals and two-thirds of those cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Lake Baikal is estimated to be over 25 million years old.
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Tourism
The lake is nicknamed "the Pearl of Siberia" and has drawn several tourist industry investors that wish to build hotels in the area. Lake Baikal was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The myth of the Lake Baikal Monster brings in tourists from around the world on every year. -
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Latest travel idea: Trans-Siberian Railway to Lake Baikal. Then Mongolia, China. No idea if this is feasible given time and budget.
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Sleeping land: It stretches from the Urals to Lake Baikal and it is bordered by Europe on one end and Japan on another. http://url4.eu/y6ia
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Baikal Trekking http://www.baikalnature.com/tours/65878 "Off the beaten path" itinerary and amazing landscapes of the deepest lake on earth!
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