Despite being one of the world's clearest and oldest freshwater lakes, Lake Baikal's water isn't typically safe to drink without treatment due to natural contaminants like bacteria and parasites.

Lake Baikal in Siberia stands as one of Earth’s most astonishing natural wonders. Its staggering depth—reaching over 5,300 ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 481 of April 11, 2025 approved the minimum and maximum values of the water level in Lake Baikal for the period from 2025 to 2027. According to ...

2009. Element composition of atmospheric precipitations at the Baikal natural territory. Atmos. Oceanic Optics 22: 461–466. doi: 10.1134/S1024856009040125 Redfield, A. C. 1934. On the proportions of ...

As a result of these measures, the flow of waste into the lake by 2020 should decrease by 70 percent from the 2010 level, and 80 percent of the Baikal natural territory affected by severe ...

ULAN UDE, September 15. /TASS/. The water level at Lake Baikal, the world’s largest freshwater source, having dropped to critical marks in April, may fall by another 28 centimetres next spring ...