For centuries, Mongol tribes in remote areas now known as southern Siberia have viewed this lake with reverence. Although
a number of lakes over its surface area, the lake remains the deepest
freshwater lake and also has the largest volume of water in the world. One name that used until now is Baikal, which is said to mean "Rich Lake" or "Sea". In fact, because the lake is "so huge and could be turbulent" crew on its shores sometimes likes to say "go fishing".
If the name of Lake Baikal is called, the hearts of Russians will be thrilled. A scientist from Moscow called it "a wonderful music that everyone learned as a child." "His tone was" much-dazzling beaches, crystal clear water is incredible, and the combination of various kinds of unique creature that does not exist in any other place.
From space, Lake Baikal-about 636 kilometers long and 80 kilometers wide biggest-looks like a half-open blue eyes. Here there is a fifth of all the fresh water on Earth, more than a fifth of all the water in the Great Lakes in North America combined! Lake Baikal has a depth of more than 1,600 meters. Suppose the lake was suddenly dry, to be able to replenish necessary water flow of all rivers in the world that flows throughout the year!
Shifting Continent
According to the theory of the geologists, the earth in ancient times, a subcontinent shifted to the north and collided with Asia. Impact, a lot of hard soil layer aluminum foil and wrinkled like the earth's surface was pushed upwards so as to form the Himalayas. Some think that this continent collision has caused a number of gaps in Siberia. One of them is now known as the Gap of Baikal. Over time, the soil is washed away from the surrounding mountains meet the gap with about seven kilometers silt. The gap was filled with water, forming Lake Baikal. Now, there are more than 300 large and small rivers that flow into the lake, but only one, namely the Angara River, which flows to the outside.
Unlike most ancient lake, Lake Baikal is not filled with mud or turned into swamps. According to the scientists the reason is because of the active tectonic plates beneath the lake are still moving and widens the gap. So, instead of over time filled with mud, the lake was even deeper every year! Active plates also led columns of hot water gushing from the bottom of the lake.
Fill a Glimpse of Lake Baikal
Some people were aboard across the middle of Lake Baikal was afraid because the water is very clear so that they can see clearly to a depth of 50 meters! Crustaceans are very small community called epischura, acts as a filter and filter algae and bacteria that make many lakes turbid water. In addition, they are also helped by a lot of shrimp river meets the lake, eating organic debris that can decompose. Therefore, the water is so pure, so that when less than two decades ago, water samples were taken for laboratory analysis is precisely the container is contaminated by glass!
As well will kebeningannya, the water of Lake Baikal is very rich in oxygen. Several lakes in the lack of oxygen at a certain depth, so most of the water beings to live in places that are closer to the surface. However, in the Lake Baikal, vertical and horizontal currents carry oxygen to the deepest part of the lake and water mix evenly. As a result, there is life in all parts of the lake.
Underwater forests flourish in the cold and clean water. Flowers green coral, branching like corals, providing protection for a large number of small water creatures. Many organisms are pleased with hot temperatures clustered around holes hydrothermal lake. Among the more than 2,000 species of water creatures in the lake, 1,500 species found only in this place.
Lake Baikal is famous for its fish omul, a delicious white fish which are highly sought after by fishermen. Several other living beings is not unusual, even bizarre. Flatworms similar magnitude can be up to 30 centimeters and eating fish. There is also a single-celled organism that lives in between the grains of sand! The lake is also interesting because golomyanka-fish found only in Baikal. Perhaps this is the most bizarre fish here.
Golomyanka small body has a half clear with sparkling colors. These fish live near the bottom of the lake and reproduce by giving birth to a child. A third body contains fat, rich in vitamin A. It can withstand pressure at depths of between 200 to 450 meters; but when exposed to sunlight, its body melts, only bones and fat. Golomyanka is a favorite food occupant-famous Lake Baikal Nerpa or Baikal seals. This is the only type of seal that lives only in freshwater.
Seasonal Changes
For five months of the year, Lake Baikal is covered with ice. Towards the end of January, thick ice can be up to one meter or more. The form can be like the lines of a mosaic and if the sun glistens like glass windows. People mistakenly think that the ice was thin-so clear that people walking on it can see rocks on the bottom of the lake. Actually, the ice was unusually strong. A century ago, during the winter on the Russian-Japanese war, Russian troops put up a railroad across the ice and managed to haul 65 locomotives pass!
From late April to June, the ice began to break with the rattling sound of rumbling. His voice is constantly heard from the lake to produce "ice music" familiar seasonal locals. Nature lover named Gerald Durrell wrote that the ice was "tinkling cymbal-like tiny cymbals [and] purring like cats in a basket". Shortly thereafter, while more hot air, wind and waves slammed the ice and pushed it into a pile of shimmering on the beach.
As the water of the lake looks back, the birds were coming again. Some birds occupants of Lake Baikal, like birds dip, remain all winter in the upper reaches of the Angara, the only part of the lake that never freezes. Now they mingle with other waterfowl-such as ducks, Soang, geese shrieked, and birds Heron.
The visitors of the lake in June may see families of bears moving to the edge to eat fly larvae that hatch and swarm on the rocks. The bears were busy licking the insects with his tongue, without regard to the hum of the insects. Many animals and birds come to the beach at this time because they are attracted by the abundant banquet at the edge of the lake.
In the early spring and summer, for a short time the lake overgrown with moss, which become food for small crustaceans and makes the water look greenish. However, usually, judging from the beach, blue water of Lake Baikal and the central part of the lake green dark blue, like the color of the ocean.
On the coastline there are dunes and steep cliffs are magnificent. There are many bays and headlands with charming scenery described by an author like "a soft pearly sky within a constantly changing" Views over the water and the sky turns.
Towards the end of the year, the lake is often hit by hurricanes. Autumn brings winds that sometimes blow fiercely into the lake like a whirlwind. The wind can quickly change the surface of a calm lake became ferocious waves, which reach a height of 4 to 6 meters. In fact, in certain months, there is a type of wind that could sink passenger ships and fishing boats.
Rich Region Natural Landscape
Natural hostile Siberia might make Lake Baikal seem like a giant cold aloof, when in fact the lake was crowded with wildlife and diverse natural landscape. The fourth line of majestic mountains surrounding the lake is a habitat for deer and Siberian mountain goat also endangered.
At lower altitudes are steppes. Most of these grassy plains can be considered as flower gardens Siberia because there grows wild flowers very diverse. Among the rare species of birds in the steppes are the beautiful queen ladder birds and birds Bustar, the largest bird in Asia.
Another thing that is important for Lake Baikal is the taiga, the dense pine forest that surrounds it. Taiga forest two times wider than the Amazon rain forest in Brazil. Such as the Brazilian rain forest, the taiga forests play a very important role in maintaining the world's ecology and climate. A number of species of birds live here, including the capercaillie, a type of partridge, which featured performances mating period and chirp amazing. Ducks elegant Baikal, which can be found on page 17, also often come to the lake.
There are species of mammals are noteworthy, namely martes Barguzin sword. In the past, these animals are hunted all-out to get a shiny fur, but now the number martes is starting to grow, thanks to the help of conservationists. In 1916, in an effort to save this beautiful creature, established the Barguzin Nature Reserve located on the shores of Lake Baikal. Now, there are three nature reserves around the edge of the lake as well as three national parks open to the public.
Lake Baikal is a UNESCO World Heritage area and the famous tourist destination. More than 300,000 foreign tourists visit this place every year. "Baikal is a nature lovers paradise and an ideal place for a vacation," reports a travel article. "Because it has beautiful beaches, great places to walk, and can observe the birds and traveled on the boat, Baikal has the potential to become one of the most attractive vacation spots in Asia."
If the name of Lake Baikal is called, the hearts of Russians will be thrilled. A scientist from Moscow called it "a wonderful music that everyone learned as a child." "His tone was" much-dazzling beaches, crystal clear water is incredible, and the combination of various kinds of unique creature that does not exist in any other place.
From space, Lake Baikal-about 636 kilometers long and 80 kilometers wide biggest-looks like a half-open blue eyes. Here there is a fifth of all the fresh water on Earth, more than a fifth of all the water in the Great Lakes in North America combined! Lake Baikal has a depth of more than 1,600 meters. Suppose the lake was suddenly dry, to be able to replenish necessary water flow of all rivers in the world that flows throughout the year!
Shifting Continent
According to the theory of the geologists, the earth in ancient times, a subcontinent shifted to the north and collided with Asia. Impact, a lot of hard soil layer aluminum foil and wrinkled like the earth's surface was pushed upwards so as to form the Himalayas. Some think that this continent collision has caused a number of gaps in Siberia. One of them is now known as the Gap of Baikal. Over time, the soil is washed away from the surrounding mountains meet the gap with about seven kilometers silt. The gap was filled with water, forming Lake Baikal. Now, there are more than 300 large and small rivers that flow into the lake, but only one, namely the Angara River, which flows to the outside.
Unlike most ancient lake, Lake Baikal is not filled with mud or turned into swamps. According to the scientists the reason is because of the active tectonic plates beneath the lake are still moving and widens the gap. So, instead of over time filled with mud, the lake was even deeper every year! Active plates also led columns of hot water gushing from the bottom of the lake.
Fill a Glimpse of Lake Baikal
Some people were aboard across the middle of Lake Baikal was afraid because the water is very clear so that they can see clearly to a depth of 50 meters! Crustaceans are very small community called epischura, acts as a filter and filter algae and bacteria that make many lakes turbid water. In addition, they are also helped by a lot of shrimp river meets the lake, eating organic debris that can decompose. Therefore, the water is so pure, so that when less than two decades ago, water samples were taken for laboratory analysis is precisely the container is contaminated by glass!
As well will kebeningannya, the water of Lake Baikal is very rich in oxygen. Several lakes in the lack of oxygen at a certain depth, so most of the water beings to live in places that are closer to the surface. However, in the Lake Baikal, vertical and horizontal currents carry oxygen to the deepest part of the lake and water mix evenly. As a result, there is life in all parts of the lake.
Underwater forests flourish in the cold and clean water. Flowers green coral, branching like corals, providing protection for a large number of small water creatures. Many organisms are pleased with hot temperatures clustered around holes hydrothermal lake. Among the more than 2,000 species of water creatures in the lake, 1,500 species found only in this place.
Lake Baikal is famous for its fish omul, a delicious white fish which are highly sought after by fishermen. Several other living beings is not unusual, even bizarre. Flatworms similar magnitude can be up to 30 centimeters and eating fish. There is also a single-celled organism that lives in between the grains of sand! The lake is also interesting because golomyanka-fish found only in Baikal. Perhaps this is the most bizarre fish here.
Golomyanka small body has a half clear with sparkling colors. These fish live near the bottom of the lake and reproduce by giving birth to a child. A third body contains fat, rich in vitamin A. It can withstand pressure at depths of between 200 to 450 meters; but when exposed to sunlight, its body melts, only bones and fat. Golomyanka is a favorite food occupant-famous Lake Baikal Nerpa or Baikal seals. This is the only type of seal that lives only in freshwater.
Seasonal Changes
For five months of the year, Lake Baikal is covered with ice. Towards the end of January, thick ice can be up to one meter or more. The form can be like the lines of a mosaic and if the sun glistens like glass windows. People mistakenly think that the ice was thin-so clear that people walking on it can see rocks on the bottom of the lake. Actually, the ice was unusually strong. A century ago, during the winter on the Russian-Japanese war, Russian troops put up a railroad across the ice and managed to haul 65 locomotives pass!
From late April to June, the ice began to break with the rattling sound of rumbling. His voice is constantly heard from the lake to produce "ice music" familiar seasonal locals. Nature lover named Gerald Durrell wrote that the ice was "tinkling cymbal-like tiny cymbals [and] purring like cats in a basket". Shortly thereafter, while more hot air, wind and waves slammed the ice and pushed it into a pile of shimmering on the beach.
As the water of the lake looks back, the birds were coming again. Some birds occupants of Lake Baikal, like birds dip, remain all winter in the upper reaches of the Angara, the only part of the lake that never freezes. Now they mingle with other waterfowl-such as ducks, Soang, geese shrieked, and birds Heron.
The visitors of the lake in June may see families of bears moving to the edge to eat fly larvae that hatch and swarm on the rocks. The bears were busy licking the insects with his tongue, without regard to the hum of the insects. Many animals and birds come to the beach at this time because they are attracted by the abundant banquet at the edge of the lake.
In the early spring and summer, for a short time the lake overgrown with moss, which become food for small crustaceans and makes the water look greenish. However, usually, judging from the beach, blue water of Lake Baikal and the central part of the lake green dark blue, like the color of the ocean.
On the coastline there are dunes and steep cliffs are magnificent. There are many bays and headlands with charming scenery described by an author like "a soft pearly sky within a constantly changing" Views over the water and the sky turns.
Towards the end of the year, the lake is often hit by hurricanes. Autumn brings winds that sometimes blow fiercely into the lake like a whirlwind. The wind can quickly change the surface of a calm lake became ferocious waves, which reach a height of 4 to 6 meters. In fact, in certain months, there is a type of wind that could sink passenger ships and fishing boats.
Rich Region Natural Landscape
Natural hostile Siberia might make Lake Baikal seem like a giant cold aloof, when in fact the lake was crowded with wildlife and diverse natural landscape. The fourth line of majestic mountains surrounding the lake is a habitat for deer and Siberian mountain goat also endangered.
At lower altitudes are steppes. Most of these grassy plains can be considered as flower gardens Siberia because there grows wild flowers very diverse. Among the rare species of birds in the steppes are the beautiful queen ladder birds and birds Bustar, the largest bird in Asia.
Another thing that is important for Lake Baikal is the taiga, the dense pine forest that surrounds it. Taiga forest two times wider than the Amazon rain forest in Brazil. Such as the Brazilian rain forest, the taiga forests play a very important role in maintaining the world's ecology and climate. A number of species of birds live here, including the capercaillie, a type of partridge, which featured performances mating period and chirp amazing. Ducks elegant Baikal, which can be found on page 17, also often come to the lake.
There are species of mammals are noteworthy, namely martes Barguzin sword. In the past, these animals are hunted all-out to get a shiny fur, but now the number martes is starting to grow, thanks to the help of conservationists. In 1916, in an effort to save this beautiful creature, established the Barguzin Nature Reserve located on the shores of Lake Baikal. Now, there are three nature reserves around the edge of the lake as well as three national parks open to the public.
Lake Baikal is a UNESCO World Heritage area and the famous tourist destination. More than 300,000 foreign tourists visit this place every year. "Baikal is a nature lovers paradise and an ideal place for a vacation," reports a travel article. "Because it has beautiful beaches, great places to walk, and can observe the birds and traveled on the boat, Baikal has the potential to become one of the most attractive vacation spots in Asia."
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