Lake Baikal is in Russia, in southern Siberia, between the Irkutsk oblast and the Republic of Buriatia. It is a tectonic lake, formed in a large fracture of the earth’s crust. This geological feature helps to explain two of its most extraordinary features: its enormous depth and its great antiquity, estimated between 25 and 30 million years. Lake Baikal: where it is and how large it is. Lake Baikal occupies an area of about 31,722 km2, making it…
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Lake Baikal is in Russia, in southern Siberia, between the Irkutsk oblast and the Republic of Buriatia. It is a tectonic lake, formed in a large fracture of the earth’s crust. This geological feature helps to explain two of its most extraordinary features: its enormous depth and its great antiquity, estimated between 25 and 30 million years. Lake Baikal: where it is and how large it is. Lake Baikal occupies an area of about 31,722 km2, making it…