Lake Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic to the region.
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16 Facts About Lake Baikal
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The region to the east of Lake Baikal is referred to as Transbaikalia or as the Transbaikal, and the loosely defined region around the lake itself is sometimes known as Baikalia.
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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.
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Lake Baikal is the only confined freshwater lake in which direct and indirect evidence of gas hydrates exists.
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The main ones draining directly into Lake Baikal are the Selenga, the Barguzin, the Upper Angara, the Turka, the Sarma, and the Snezhnaya.
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Similar to another ancient lake, Tanganyika, Baikal is a center for ostracod diversity.
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The vast majority of the Lake Baikal ostracods belong in the families Candonidae and Cytherideidae, but genetic studies indicate that the true diversity in at least the latter family has been heavily underestimated.
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In 1644, Ivan Pokhabov went up the Angara to Lake Baikal, becoming perhaps the first Russian to use this route, which is difficult because of the rapids.
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Lake Baikal crossed the lake and explored the lower Selenge River.
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Lake Baikal, nicknamed "the Pearl of Siberia", drew investors from the tourist industry as energy revenues sparked an economic boom.
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Lake Baikal is a popular destination among tourists from all over the world.
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The popularity of Lake Baikal is growing from year to year, but there is no developed infrastructure in the area.
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Lake Baikal has a number of different tourist activities, depending on the season.
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The decision to construct the plant on the Lake Baikal resulted in strong protests from Soviet scientists; according to them, the ultra-pure water of the lake was a significant resource and should have been used for innovative chemical production .
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Atkinson, locals in the Lake Baikal Region had the tradition that Christ visited the area:.
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