Lake Baikal located in the south of Eastern Siberia. It is the deepest lake in the world with unique features, and the largest reservoir of fresh water on the planet.
It has no equal in the world according to the age, depth, stocks and properties of fresh water, diversity of organic life. Since ancient times, it is called Sacred Sea, glorious, gray and menacing. It can be identified among the many adjectives such as: “the global source of drinking water”, “blue eye of Siberia”, “an oasis of unspoilt nature of the Earth,” “sacred center of North Asia”, “god’s made creation,” “sacred gift of nature,” “natural monument with unique landscapes”, “priceless treasure of genetic wealth of the Earth”, “Miracle of science, the center of the unique natural values.” Baikal lake listed in “World Heritage” by UNESCO in 1996 Due to its unique features .
Age
Lake Baikal – one of the oldest lakes on the planet. Scientists determine its age of 25 – 30 million years. Most of the lakes, especially the glacial and oxbow origin, live 10-15 thousand years, and then fill with sediments and disappear from the face of the earth. There are no signs of aging on the Lake Baikal, as in many lakes in the world. On the contrary, studies in recent years have enabled geophysicists to hypothesize that Baikal is a nascent ocean. This is confirmed by the fact that its shores are drifting apart at a rate of up to 2 cm per year, just as divergent of Africa and South America continents.
Lake Baikal – one of the oldest lakes on the planet. Scientists determine its age of 25 – 30 million years. Most of the lakes, especially the glacial and oxbow origin, live 10-15 thousand years, and then fill with sediments and disappear from the face of the earth. There are no signs of aging on the Lake Baikal, as in many lakes in the world. On the contrary, studies in recent years have enabled geophysicists to hypothesize that Baikal is a nascent ocean. This is confirmed by the fact that its shores are drifting apart at a rate of up to 2 cm per year, just as divergent of Africa and South America continents.
Depth
Lake Baikal is ranked first in depth (1637 m) among the lakes in the world. Only 6 lakes on Earth are deeper than 500 m. The cave of Lake Baikal in morphology represents three separate basins – South with the highest mark of the depth of 1430 m, Central (1637 m) and North (920 m). Baikal basin is asymmetrical. Its western side differs with steep underwater slope (40-50 ° slope), the eastern side – over its canopy. Quite often the depth of the lake 1620 m still occurred in literature about the Lake. This depth was recorded in 1959 as a result of measuring by rope lead. Echo-soundings in 1974 recorded 1637 m.
Lake Baikal is ranked first in depth (1637 m) among the lakes in the world. Only 6 lakes on Earth are deeper than 500 m. The cave of Lake Baikal in morphology represents three separate basins – South with the highest mark of the depth of 1430 m, Central (1637 m) and North (920 m). Baikal basin is asymmetrical. Its western side differs with steep underwater slope (40-50 ° slope), the eastern side – over its canopy. Quite often the depth of the lake 1620 m still occurred in literature about the Lake. This depth was recorded in 1959 as a result of measuring by rope lead. Echo-soundings in 1974 recorded 1637 m.
Here are photos of the Lake made by famous Russian photographer Andrey Razoomovsky:
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