Strikes Baikal and the fact that it runs 336 permanent rivers and streams, but half the volume of water flowing into the lake, the river brings the Selenga.
Baikal is located almost in the center of Eurasia, in the mountainous area, is surrounded by high mountain ridges, it stretches for 636 kilometers, the width of the mighty lake is 80 km. Hard to believe, but in the area of Lake Baikal is the average European country, for example, Belgium, with 10 million people.
Strikes Baikal and the fact that it runs 336 permanent rivers and streams, but half the volume of water flowing into the lake, the river brings the Selenga. A consequence of the lake is only one river - the Angara.
Water surface area of Lake Baikal is nearly 32,000 square kilometers. The maximum depth of the lake 1637 meters with an average depth of about 750 meters. To illustrate the power of the lake at an example: Angara need 387 years to move all the water from the lake. Provided that this time it will not take water.
30 islands on Lake Baikal, the largest and most famous - Olkhon Island.
The age of the lake is open, some sources say that the "old man" of 20-25 million years, others say the numbers are even more serious. If we assume that the age of Baikal did tens of millions of years, near Lake Baikal, one more title - it is the oldest lake in the world.
