Lake Baikal, an enormous body of water ... Yet, when passing through an endless stretch of birch forest, it becomes almost unbelievable. Even spotting a single well-shaped, tall, thick-trunked ...

Russia’s Lake Baikal covers an area of 12,248 square miles - slightly larger than Belgium - making it the seventh-largest lake by surface area and the second-largest in Eurasia after the Caspian ...

Once a remote secret of Siberia, Lake Baikal has blossomed into a top tourism destination, drawing millions of visitors annually. People visit for everything from leisurely cruises to adrenaline ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world. It is frozen for up to five months a year and its ice is so thick cars often drive ...

VLADIVOSTOK, October 14. /TASS/. The shrinking of Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest freshwater reserve in the world, is connected with climate changes in the Asian region, characterized by less ...

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...

Baikal’s water level is 6 cm below the minimal threshold mark set at 456 meters under the Pacific scale MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. The water level in Lake Baikal, the world’s largest ...