Lake Baikal
noun
uk/ˌleɪk ˈbaɪ.kæl/us/ˌleɪk ˈbaɪ.kæl/alakeinsouthernRussia that is thedeepestlakein theworld. It is aUNESCOWorldHeritage Site:
Ice-breakingferrieswerelaunchedon Lake Baikal in 1900.
Theworkis anauraldocumentof thespringicebreak-upat Lake Baikal.
- Gold-dredgingthreatenedrivers, whileindustrialpollutionaffectedLake Baikal.
- Thewinterrouteranacrossthefrozeniceof Lake Baikal to thecapitalofEasternSiberia, Irkutsk.
- It was one of themainreasonsfor the Evenkis’periodicreturnto theshoresof Lake Baikal.
Inland waters
- body
- catchment area
- crater lake
- L, l
- lake
- loch
- lough
- millpond
- oxbow lake
- pond
- pool
- reservoir
- ribbon lake
- slop
- stretch
- tank
- tarn
- the Great Lakes
- waterhole
- waterway