Lake Baikal
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Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia t
Lake Baikal's water is especially clear
Spring ice melt underway on Lake Baikal, on 4 May, 2012
Ice cover survey on the lake
Circle of thin ice, diameter of 4.4 km (2.7 mi) at the lake's southern tip, probably caused by convection
Baikal seal
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The Baikal seal, also known as Lake Baikal seal or nerpa, is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest earless/true seals, and one of
Lake Baikal
…planktonic, are found in the lake, and about half of these are endemic to Baikal; however, significant taxonomic uncertainties remain for this group. The Baikal seal or nerpa (Pusa sibirica) is endemic to Lake Baikal. A wide range of land mammals can be found in the habitats around the lake, such as the brown bear…
Nerpa
A young seal
Group of Baikal seals hauling out on a rock around Ushkan Islands, Barguzinsky district
Taxidermied pup in model of den