1. This wonderful Lake Baikal

2. Lake Baikal, in eastern Siberia, is a miracle
of nature. It's the deepest lake on Earth
and it contains more water than all the
Great Lakes of America put together.

3. More than 300 rivers flow into Lake Baikal and
only one river, the Angara, flows
outwards. By the way, if the lake
was suddenly no longer be fed with the
water from rivers, and the Angara
continued to flow, it would take 400 years
to all the water gone from the lake.

4. Baikal is about 25 million
years old.

5. The area of Lake Baikal is seismically
active. The last earthquake which occurred
there in 2008 was 9 on the Richter scale.

6. The water in this lake has a lot of oxygen and it is
very clear.

7. Lake Baikal is the habitat of many unique
and endemic plants and animals. For
example, there are about 27 species of fish
which exist only in these waters.

8. The origin of the word Baikal:
Bai-Kul (Kirgh.) - Rich Lake
Baygal (Yakut.) - Very Deep Water
Baygaal-Dalai (Mong.) - Natural Sea
Bei-Hai (Chinese) - North Sea

9. Some problems of Baikal:
-Some factories which are located on the
shores of Lake Baikal pollute the
environment (Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill )
-Illegal fishing and hunting
-deforestation
- rubbish

10. Some ways to solve these problems:
- We should not pollute the natural
environment of Lake Baikal
- We should fight against the industrial
pollution of Lake Baikal
- We should take part in the program “World
Heritage of UNESCO "