It is home to many unique species of animals and plants including the freshwater seal.
Lake Baikal is one of the clearest and purest bodies of water. In a good day you could see 40 meters into the lake.
Dimensions of Lake Baikal: It is 636 km long, 79 km wide.
There are 27 islands in Lake Baikal, most of them being uninhabited.
Baikal Lake’s coastline measures 2100 kilometers (around 1300 miles).
More than 300 streams and rivers flow into Lake Baikal, but there is just one outlet, the Angara.
The water in the lake creates a mild microclimate around its shores.
More than half the species found in Lake Baikal are unique to this place.