Презентация "Lake Baikal"

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In the midst of a thinly populated wildness there is a natural wonder - Lake Baikal. It is the oldest lake in the world - its age is about 25-30 million years.

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Scientists estimated that more than 1500 life forms live in and around this lake. They can be found nowhere else on Earth.

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Lake Baikal is the world's oldest and deepest lake. It lies in southern Siberia, almost in the center of Asia.

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Its watershed extends over the Mongolian border for 636 km. Its area is about 31,500 square kilometers and equal to the area of such countries as Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands or Denmark.

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The coastline of Baikal is almost 2000 km long, which is equal to the distance from Arkhangelsk to Rostov.

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It’s the largest reservoir of drinking water. It contains 1/6 of fresh water found on the planet and in spite of the vast pollution by the nearby industry the most of it still remains clean and clear.

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Baikal is surrounded by mountain ranges, which are covered with taiga bushes and mountain tundra. Southern Hills is usually treeless .

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Most of the coastline lies in an environmentally protected area. The most numerous of the indigenous ( туземные) people are Buryats . They have been living here for many centuries.

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Thank you for attention !

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Использованные интернет – ресурсы: https://yandex.ru/image s http://www.magicbaikal.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org http://pro-baikal.ru/main http://www.ozerobaikal.com