Lake Baikal is one of the most
amazing sightseeing sites in Russia and the lake is situated in the Southern
Siberia of Russian side. It is the largest, deepest and the oldest lakes in the
world. It is UNESCO heritage site and was declared so in 1996. A Russia
tour package from Bangalore will take you on the amazing tour of the
biggest lake and the following statistics will explain why you should visit the
place at least once in your life time.
Lake Baikal has gigantic numbers
The lake is amazing for its sheer
size and numbers it boasts and here is the list of those numbers. It fosters a
stupendous 1700 to 1800 animal and endemic plant species in its depth and
adjacent land area, and 20% of world’s fresh water is stored here. That is
amazing is not it? Average depth of Baikal is 744 meter or 2,442 feet and it is
397 miles or 640 kms long and 49
miles or 79.5 kms wide. Wow, can you ever imagine such a inland water body? We
have more for you but before that think about joining a Russia
tour package from Chennai so you could witness these numbers in person.
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Tremendous tourist attraction and
great eco-system
The lake is not entirely square
or rectangular, round or geometrically uniform so you can expect the width of
the lake to be a minimum of 16 miles and Baikal occupies an astounding surface
area of 12,248 square miles or 31,722 kms. Though the lake is located in the
southern Siberia it is relatively warm around here all seasons because of the
balancing factor of the volume of water in the Baikal. It is a stupendous
tourist attraction for Russia and a record number of 5, 00,000 people visit the
water body. The lake also holds a magnificent 5,521 cubic miles of water which
is 23,013 cubic kilometers. According to Geology.com the lake water equals to
the quantity of 5 great lakes of North America combined. Make sure to include the big attraction in
your Russia
Tour Package from Coimbatore and you will not regret it. The lake also
harbors the rare Nerpa seals, the only fresh water seals in the world. Lake
Baikal is part of the great eco system in the world because of the fresh water
it contains. Sign up a Russia
tour package from Goa because you should not it miss it for anything in
the world.
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