Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, known as the "Galapagos of Russia." However, the unusual body ...

In the depths of Russia lies a lake that holds an impressive number of world records and is so deep that it could hold over ...

Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume. It is a natural wonder that is thought to be almost 30 million ...

Located in southern eastern Siberia, Russia, Lake Baikal holds the title of ... it completely freezes over and its colossal surface area spans roughly the same as Belgium at some 34,000 square ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

Lake Baikal in south-east Siberia, the deepest lake in the world (1,700 m), contains 20% of all fresh running water on the planet. Located on an area comparable with that of the Netherlands ...

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...

The programme calls for cleaning up the Baikal area, protecting forests, upgrading utilities and taking other measures. As a result of these measures, the flow of waste into the lake by 2020 ...