Lake Baikal
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Introduction
Located in Siberia near the Mongolian border, and surrounded by mountains, forests and wild rivers, Baikal is an immense and breathtaking area of physical beauty. Baikal holds twenty percent of the earth's fresh water and harbors more endemic species of plants and animals than any other lake in the world. Fed by 336 rivers and streams including the Angara, Barguzin, Selenga, Turka and Snezhnaya, the lake holds fifty species of fish including bullhead, sturgeon and omul.[1]
Getting There
By Train
Both Irkutsk and Ulan Ude are stops on the Trans-Siberian railway between Moscow and Vladivostok.
By Car
By Bus
By Boat
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