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Lake Baikal [a] is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. ... An 1883 British map using the More Baikal (Baikal Sea) designation, ...
Map of the Lake Baikal Rift Zone from the USGS factsheet. The Baikal Rift Zone is a series of continental rifts centered beneath Lake Baikal in southeastern Russia. Current strain in the rifts tends to be extending with some shear movement. A series of basins form along the zone for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi), creating a rift valley.
The Baikal Mountains are connected with the Primorsky Range to the south, which also stretches along the lakeshore. The Akitkan Range, part of the North Baikal Highlands, is a northern extension of the mountain chain. These mountains are the origin of the Lena River.
Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia (Russian: Забайка́лье, romanized: Zabaykal'ye, IPA: [zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ]), or Dauria (Даурия, Dauriya) is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Far Eastern Russia.
Zaybaykalsky is bounded on the west by the shores of Lake Baikal, on the north by the Barguzin Nature Reserve (a strictly protected 'zapovednik' nature reserve of about the same size as Zaybaykalsky), and on the south and east by the Barguzin mountain range. The highest point in the park is Mt. Barmashovoe, at 2,376 metres (7,795 ft). [2]
The rivers of the North Baikal Highlands belong to the Baikal and Lena basins. Their valleys are deep. The main ones are the 512 kilometers (318 mi) long Chuya, the 353 kilometers (219 mi) long Chaya, the 231 kilometers (144 mi) long Chechuy, the 176 kilometers (109 mi) long Minya, the 162 kilometers (101 mi) long Mogol, the 155 kilometers (96 mi) long Okunayka, the 141 kilometers (88 mi) long ...
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Svyatoy Nos ('Holy Cape') is a large peninsula on the eastern edge of Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, in the Barguzinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia. It is part of the Zabaykalsky (Trans-Baikal) National Park. The name "Svyatoy Nos" (Святой Нос) means 'Holy Cape' in Russian.