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Lake Baikal [a] is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia , Russia between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast.
There is a sea for each for the four cardinal directions. The West Sea is Qinghai Lake, the East Sea is the East China Sea, the North Sea is Lake Baikal, and the South Sea is the South China Sea. [1] Two of the seas were symbolic until they were tied to genuine locations during the Han dynasty's wars with the Xiongnu.
A map of Baikal Maloe More as seen from Sarma River. Maloe More (Russian: Малое Море; in English literally the Small Sea) is a strait in Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the largest island of the lake, Olkhon Island, from the western shore of Baikal. The length of the strait is about 70 km and width 5 – 16 km.
Steep mountains line its eastern shore, and at 1,276 m (4,186 ft) above sea level, Mount Zhima is the highest point on the island, peaking at 818 m (2,684 ft) above the water level of Lake Baikal. The island is large enough to have its own lakes, and features a combination of taiga, steppe and even a small desert. A deep strait separates the ...
Ogoy (Russian: Ого́й from Buryat: Уһагγй - waterless) is the largest island in the Maloe More strait of Lake Baikal. It has an elongated shape, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) in length and 0.6 km (0.37 mi) in width. It is located between the Cape Shara-Shulun on the west coast of the Olkhon Island and Kurminskiy Bay on the western shore of Lake ...
Historically it was an ancient lake. Now, it is a large tidal bay/inlet rather than a lake in the traditional sense. It is saline and directly connected to the Caribbean Sea, leading many to consider it a large lagoon or bay. Lake Baikal: tectonic fresh, permanent 25+ million 31500 23000 1741 740 Russia: Issyk-Kul: tectonic saline, permanent 25 ...
The Eastern Sayan reach nearly to the southern shore of Lake Baikal; at the lake, there is an elevation difference of more than 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) between the nearest mountain, 2,840 metres (9,320 ft) high, and the deepest part of the lake, which is 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) below sea level. The mountain systems east of Lake Baikal are ...
The coastal strip includes the lake-facing slopes of the Primorsky Range to the west, as well as offshore islands such as Olkhon Island to the east. It is about 50 km southeast of the city of Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast. The park is managed with three other nature reserves, and is a major component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Lake Baikal". [1]