Lake Baikal is located in the territory of the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia in Russia, between latitude 51°29 55°46 north and longitude 103°41 109°57 east.
Lake Baikal is the deepest and largest freshwater lake in the world. It is long and narrow in shape, extending in an arc from northeast to southwest, like a bend of the moon, 636 kilometers long, 48 kilometers wide on average, and 79 at its widest point4 km with an area of 3150,000 square kilometers. The lake is 456 meters above sea level, and the lake is deep, with an average depth of 730 meters, and the deepest in the middle is 1,620 meters. Water storage 230,000 cubic kilometers, which accounts for about one-fifth of the world's total surface freshwater and more than four-fifths of Russia's surface freshwater.
Lake Baikal was formed by the fracture and collapse of strata. About 20 million years ago, there was a strong ** here, the crustal rock layer of the earth was greatly fractured, forming a huge basin, all the animals and plants here were buried in the ground, only the rapid river did not disappear, rushing towards the basin, forming a waterfall, constantly flowing into the lake. The 336 large and small rivers, such as the Selenga River, have been flowing into Lake Baikal for millions of years.
The shoreline of Lake Baikal is 2,200 km long. The main landscapes are:
Stilt trees in one of the natural wonders of Lake Baikal. They grow on sandy hillsides, where strong winds sweep away the soil from under the roots, which dig deeper and deeper into the poor soil in order for the tree to survive, so the roots arch over the surface.
At the outlet of the lake, there is a huge boulder known as Mansky. It is about 500 meters from each bank, and when the river floods and submerges the cobblestones, the cobblestones seem to roll.
3. Although Lake Baikal is a freshwater lake, it also has huge Nordic ringed seals and mustache seals. The vast forests along the lake are home to a variety of animals such as sables, squirrels, red deer, giant moose, and musk deer.