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However, because it is also the deepest lake, [6] with a maximum depth of 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 fathoms), [1] Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 23,615.39 km 3 (5,670 cu mi) of water [1] or 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, [7] [8] more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. [9]
[3] [1] By late July water temperatures inside the bay close to the shoreline reach 20 – 21 °C; however, due to occasional strong winds from Baikal, currents of cold water may enter the bay and push the warmer waters closer to the shoreline. [6] [5] [1] The isthmus and its beach end at the foot of the mountainous "Holy Nose".
Mountains rise to the west of the lake, reaching heights of 1,100 meters in the south and 1,500 meters in the north. [3] Olkhon Island is the fourth-largest lake-bound island in the world. It is 71 km long and 21 km wide, with a total area of 730 km2. It has little surface water, and only one lake on the island.
The western shore of the lake sees the Academic ridge rise again above the water in the form of Olkhon Island, which is part of Pribaykalsky National Park. The Ushkany are an archipelago of four islands totaling 10 km 2 in area. They are famous as the central home of the Baikal seal.
The Baikal-Lena Reserve has three sectors: the coast ("The shore of brown bears"), the Upper Lena River, and the Kirengsky sector. [2] Because of its position on the lake shore with a mountain ridge to the west to screen the prevailing winds, Baikal-Lena is the driest reserve on the lake.
The "island" is spearhead-shaped, 56 km long and 20 km wide, with a sharp tip (at ) pointing southwest and a blunter point at the otherA mountain ridge runs the whole length of the island; the highest point is the flat peak of Mount Markova [1] (altitude 1878 m, at ), a popular hiking destination with a scenic view of most of Lake Baikal
The Eastern Sayan reach nearly to the southern shore of Lake Baikal; at the lake, there is an elevation difference of more than 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) between the nearest mountain, 2,840 metres (9,320 ft) high, and the deepest part of the lake, which is 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) below sea level. The mountain systems east of Lake Baikal are ...
A map of Baikal Maloe More as seen from Sarma River. Maloe More (Russian: Малое Море; in English literally the Small Sea) is a strait in Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the largest island of the lake, Olkhon Island, from the western shore of Baikal. The length of the strait is about 70 km and width 5 – 16 km.