Lake Baikal
World Heritage
Russian Federation
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Lake Baikal, located in southeastern Siberia, covers an area of 3.15 million hectares and is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 meters) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserves. Known as the "Galapagos Islands of Russia", its long history and isolation have created one of the richest and most unusual freshwater faunas in the world, of extraordinary value to evolutionary science.
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| tributary | Snezhnaya River |
| tributary | Hajdučki i Rožanski kukovi |
| tributary | Bugul'deyka |
| tributary | Emblem of Sudan |
| tributary | citadel |
| tributary | Way of Saint James |
| tributary | Sunni Islam |
| tributary | Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
| tributary | Category:Views of Siena |
| tributary | Nalimovka |
| tributary | Fraser Coast Region |
| tributary | Manturikha |
| tributary | Anga |
| tributary | Portuguese |
| indigenous to | 560000 |
| tributary | Manturikha |
| tributary | Bugul'deyka |
| tributary | Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
| tributary | Sunni Islam |
| described by source | Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line |
| statement is subject of | EB-9 / Baikal |
| start time | 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| elevation above sea level | -1186.5 |
| elevation above sea level | 455.5 |
| area | 31722 |
| watershed area | 560000 |
| volume as quantity | 23615.39 |
| perimeter | 2125 |
| World Heritage criteria | World Heritage selection criterion (x) |
| vertical depth | 1642 |
| named as | Lake Baikal |
| drainage basin | Yenisei basin |
| male population | 1333665 |
| IPA transcription | 3866681 |
| industry | Baikalsee |
| number of rooms | viaf-19145424503386830540 |
| geoshape | LakeBaykal |
| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/0fp10 |
| Commons category | Lake Baikal |
| coordinate location | Point(108.00472222 53.30277778) |
| has cause | rift lake |
| State Water Register Code (Russia) | 16010100111116200000013 |
| Commons gallery | Озеро Байкал |
| page banner | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baikal%20banner1.jpg |
| tributary | Nalimovka |
| tributary | Emblem of Sudan |
| tributary | Anga |
| tributary | citadel |
| tributary | Fraser Coast Region |
| tributary | Portuguese |
| tributary | Category:Views of Siena |
| tributary | Hajdučki i Rožanski kukovi |
| tributary | Snezhnaya River |
| tributary | Way of Saint James |
| uses | 4080244-9 |
| country | Russia |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olkhon%20Island%20and%20Lake%20Baikal.jpg |
| instance of | lake |
| located in the administrative territorial entity | Irkutsk Oblast |
| inflows | Snezhnaya River |
| inflows | Emblem of Sudan |
| lake outflow | Angara River |
| basin country | Russia |
| executive body | Lake Baikal |
| location of creation | Озеро Байкал |
| described by source | Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition |
| statement is subject of | EB-11 / Baikal |
| described by source | The Nuttall Encyclopædia |
| stated as | Baikal |
| length | 636 |
| applies to part | maximum |
| width | 79 |
| applies to part | maximum |
| date of birth | http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/30097-4 |
| mapping relation type | exact match |
| locator map image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karte%20baikal2.png |
| media legend | Карта Байкалу |