Lake Baikal (/baɪˈkɑːl, -ˈkæl/ by-KAHL, -KAL; Russian: Озеро Байкал, romanized: Ozero Baykal [ˈozʲɪrə bɐjˈkaɫ]; Buryat: Байгал далай, romanized: Baigal...
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The Baikal seal, Lake Baikal seal or nerpa (Pusa sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal...
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The Battle of Lake Baikal was a naval battle undertaken by Czechoslovak forces during the Russian Civil War. In August 1918, the Czechoslovak Legion,...
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ancient lakes over 1 million years old. Lake Baikal is often considered the oldest, as clear evidence shows that it is 25–30 million years old. Lake Zaysan...
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The Baikal Rift Zone is a series of continental rifts centered beneath Lake Baikal in southeastern Russia. Current strain in the rifts tends to be extending...
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on 7 January 1920. Kappel's 2nd Army came to a halt on the shore of Lake Baikal near Irkutsk in January 1920. With the Red Army in hot pursuit after...
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Antarctica — 1: Radok (surface lake); Vostok (subglacial lake) Asia — 1: Baikal, 2: Issyk Kul, 3: Matano Eurasia — 1: Baikal, 2: Caspian Sea, 3: Issyk Kul...
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and may be very deep. Rift lakes may be bounded by large steep cliffs along the fault margins. Lake Baikal, in Siberia Lake Balaton, in Hungary The Dead...
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Transbaikal (redirect from Trans-Baikal)
Dauriya) is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Far Eastern Russia. The steppe and wetland landscapes of Dauria are...
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Southern extremity of Lake Baikal from the town of Slyudyanka to the Baikal settlement. Until the middle of the 20th century the Circum–Baikal railway was part...
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