The Most Interesting Facts About Lake Baikal, Russia #Russia, #Baikal

Some interesting information about the deepest lake in the world - Lake Baikal in Russia. Lake Baikal, besides being the deepest lake in the world, also contains the most amount of freshwater of Earth than any other single lake.
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[pennypay]

What a beautiful, pristine lake. i loved the ice formations. I heard that the Trans-Siberian railway follows the water's edge for some distance. Just imagine seeing a view like that...

[TKUltra]

Earth can be incredible at times. These shots are so great you'd almost think they were computer generated.

[mbear]

Loved the crystal clear ice. Breathtaking

[oBseSsIoNPC]

I am so taken by the ice formations on this lake. It is UNREAL how clear the ice forms there. LOVE IT.
Hopefully they won't kill it like the Aral Sea.

[TheZoltan-]

A few more facts:



- The water is so clean that the Baikal Neutrino Telescope is there, some 1370m deep in the water.
- When they built the Angara dam at Irkutsk, and raised the lake by a few metres, a good portion of the lake's life died and nearly made the seals extinct. (Water gets deep fast, and the shore shallows are narrow. The slight increase removed a good part of the shallows that are the base of the food chain.)
- It also inundated a portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and a new line had to be build between the southern tip of the lake and Irkutsk. A section of the old line is still operational, but totallu unreliable. (Imagine waiting in -45C and strong winds with the notion that the train will arrive sometime between 3AM and 5AM.)
- When the ice is thick enough, traditional network of roads is formed. (Often marked by pieces of pine.)

[pumpkinsdontcry]

That song was so good for this video it took me back to another time and place and I was in awe reading about lake baikal

[poseidon]

Nice video my russian friends, wonderful place, greetings from your brazilian friend.

[dtdzung]

That is really beautiful place. It is like in a heaven

[Unapologetic.White.Man]

Enjoyed this video very much. Lake Baikal is beautiful!

[poitiers]

So this is where Artyom and Anna ended up to start their family. Если не мы, то кто?

[MegaSalainen]

One of the best lakes on Earth. It is also a home of harbor seals.

[Aadu-gp]

earth is beautiful places one of this I am birth in earth very happy

Beautiful photography of an even more beautiful place. Would love to taste the Likely too cold for swimming anytime?

[siusaidhchaimbeul]

Thanks - beautiful. Really enjoyed this, esp. know x4 as deep as Lake Superior, which I've visited.

[vincentestinson]

Also nice soundtrack dosvadanya moi droga

[tallthinkev]

Best go in the summer, gets a bit nippy in the winter.

[vincentestinson]

Previyat tovarchi ushanka, I watched a show on Russia awhile ago and it said lake Baikal is the deepest as well as the oldest lake on the planet. Aaahhhh the pictures of Russian vistas make me want experience the countryside maybe even more than the gorgeous Godspodas

[RovexHD]

A vodka brand sources its water from Lake Baikal... must be the holy grail of vodkas !

[gondolacrescent]

Living in Ontario Canada I know a few things about fresh water lakes. A crystal clear lake is by no means an indication of a healthy lake, it’s a possible sign of a dead lake or a sign that portions of the lake have no living organisms as a result of an abnormally high pH level...a by product of “acid rain” which is a by product of the burning of sulphur-laden coal.
The lake is not impressive when viewed on a world map but if it were only as deep as Lake Superior (roughly a maximum depth of a thousand feet) it would occupy an area 6 or 7 times its current area. I question if it in fact contains as much fresh water as held collectively by The Great Lakes.
Good to see it supports a variety of sea life and unusual fish