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Lake Baikal [a] is a rift lake that ... Water characteristics. Lake Baikal's water is especially clear. ... animal-watching (especially Baikal seal), and fishing ...
The Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica), also known as Lake Baikal seal or Baikal nerpa, is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal, it is related to the Arctic ringed seal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest true seals and the only exclusively freshwater pinniped species. [2]
Pages in category "Fauna of Lake Baikal" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abyssocottus; B.
The park is managed with three other nature reserves, and is a major component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Lake Baikal". [1] The Angara River, which is the outflow of Lake Baikal west into the Yenisei River basin, runs through the park. The park has very high levels of biodiversity and endemic species. [2]
Lubomirskia baikalensis is a freshwater species of sponge that is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia.It is commonly called the Lake Baikal sponge and it is the most abundant sponge in the lake, but all the approximately 15 species of sponges in the family Lubomirskiidae are restricted to Baikal.
The size of amphipods is limited by the availability of dissolved oxygen, such that the amphipods in Lake Titicaca at an altitude of 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) can only grow up to 22 millimetres (0.87 in), compared to lengths of 90 millimetres (3.5 in) in Lake Baikal at 455 metres (1,500 ft). [12] Some amphipods exhibit sexual dimorphism.
Comephorus, known as the golomyankas or Baikal oilfish, are a genus comprising two species of peculiar, sculpin fishes endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. Comephorus is the only genus in the subfamily Comephorinae. Golomyankas are pelagic fishes and the main food source for the Baikal seal.
Thymallus baicalensis, also known as the Baikal black grayling, is a Siberian freshwater fish species in the salmon family Salmonidae. Thymallus baicalensis occurs in Lake Baikal , in the inflowing Selenga River and throughout the major Enisei River drainage, and also some eastern tributaries of the Ob River .