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Ice Diving in Lake Baikal, Russia
LAKE BAIKAL FACT FILE LOCATION – Buryat A.S.S.R. and Irkutsk, Russia 51:29-55:46N, 103:40-109:55E; 456 m above sea level. Surface area [km2] 31,500 Volume [km3] 23,000 Maximum depth [m] 1,741 Mean depth [m] 740 Length of shoreline [km] 2,000 One of Russian folk songs about Lake Baikal is called The Holly Sea – Sacred Baikal, and [...]
Diving in Lake Baikal
Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, the two third of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. In 1996 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geography Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world. Located in the south of Eastern Siberia [...]
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