Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
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Lake Baikal is a lake located in Russia . It has an elevation of 455.5 [1].
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Buryatia[3], Irkutsk Oblast[4]
- Country: Russia[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Instance of: World Heritage Site[7], mountain lake[8]
- Shares border with: Transbaikal[9]
- Inflows: Selenga[10], Barguzin[11], Upper Angara[12], Babkha[13], Bezymyannaya[14], Davsha[15], Kika[16], Kichera[17], Kultuchnaya[18], Pokhabikha[19], Sarma[20], Slyudyanka[21], Snezhnaya[22], Solzan[23]
- Outflows: Angara[24]
- Basin country: Russia[25], Mongolia[26]
- Part of: list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia[27]
- Commons category: Lake Baikal[28]
- Has cause: rift lake[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Baikal[30]
- Commons gallery: Озеро Байкал[31]
- Category for the water basin: Q7508126[32]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[33], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[39], The New Student's Reference Work[40], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[41]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[42]
- Native label: Байгал далай[43], Байгал нуур[44], озеро Байкал[45], ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠠᠯᠢ ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ[46]
- Different from: Baykal[47]
- Length: 636 km[48]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Baikal include Baikal Seal[49], a taxon[50]; Baikal[51], founded in 1973[52]; and R258 Baikal Federal Highway[53], a road[54], in Russia[55].
Why It Matters
Lake Baikal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for it include Baikal Seal[49], a taxon[50]; Baikal[51], founded in 1973[52]; and R258 Baikal Federal Highway[53], a road[54], in Russia[55].