Noun
the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world
Source: WordNetAccording to 19th-century traveler T. W. Atkinson, locals in the Lake Baikal Region had the tradition that Christ visited the area: The people have a tradition in connection with this region which they implicitly believe. Source: Internet
Another vast deposit located east of Lake Baikal only became exploited when the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railroad was finished in 1989. Source: Internet
Construction of the scenic railway around the southwestern end of Lake Baikal required 200 bridges and 33 tunnels. Source: Internet
At Noin-Ula and other Hun burial sites in Mongolia and regions north of Lake Baikal, the artifacts displayed over twenty carved characters. Source: Internet
Buryats west of Lake Baikal and Olkhon (Irkut Buryats), are more "russified", and they soon abandoned nomadism for agriculture, whereas the eastern (Transbaikal) Buryats are closer to the Khalkha, may live in yurts and are mostly Buddhists. Source: Internet
First find of gas hydrates in sediments of Lake Baikal. Source: Internet