Wonders3 - Lake Baikal

Title

Lake Baikal

Latitude

53.60521

Longitude

106.81451

Place

Lake Baikal, Russia

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found a single match based on the Lake, and returned the lat/long for its centroid

World_Time

Underwater Wonders

Image_Url

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Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal

Brief

Lake Baikal is the deepest, oldest, and most voluminous freshwater lake in the world.[3] It contains over one fifth of the world's liquid fresh surface water and more than 90% of Russia's liquid fresh surface water.

Year_Constructed

Description

Its age is estimated at 25–30 million years, making it one of the most ancient lakes in geological history.

Description_2

The lake is completely surrounded by mountains. the Baikal Mountains on the north shore and taiga, is technically protected as a national park and contains 22 small islands, the largest, Olkhon (also spelled 'Olchon'), being 72km long.

Tooltips

<img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/Baikal.png'> Lake Baikal Type: Underwater Wonders Location: Lake Baikal, Russia Built:

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 The lake is completely surrounded by mountains. the Baikal Mountains on the north shore and taiga, is technically protected as a national park and contains 22 small islands, the largest, Olkhon (also spelled 'Olchon'), being 72km long.</td>
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 Wikipedia</a>
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LargeImage

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