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Lake Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic to the region. It is also home to Buryat tribes, who raise goats, camels, cattle, sheep, and horses [14] on the eastern side of the lake, [15] where the mean temperature varies from a winter minimum of −19 °C (−2 °F) to a summer maximum of 14 °C (57 °F). [16] .
8 wrz 2023 · Giant mats of bacteria, sponges, limpets, fish, and amphipods (small shrimp-like creatures) live at the bottom of Lake Baikal. Indigenous people of Siberia claim the lake is home to a giant dragon called Lusud-Khan, but researchers have only found these small deepwater creatures, which are still pretty fascinating.
4 lis 2023 · Some of the notable animals living within the lake, either endemic to the area or migrating from elsewhere, include the nerpa seal, Baikal sturgeon, desman, omul, and aquatic birds such as the Baikal teal, osprey, and osprey-eagle.
Baikal’s fauna includes almost all types of animals living in fresh water bodies. There is no other lake in the world with such a great and unique biodiversity. Out of the 2635 known species and varieties of animals and plants found up to now in the lake, almost two thirds are endemic and can’t be found anywhere else in the world.
15 maj 2022 · According to iNaturalist, a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, there are 423 animal species in Lake Baikal, 369 of which are confirmed. Here is a comprehensive list of Lake Baikal’s mammals, birds, fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.
Baikal has more than 1,000 species of aquatic flora! Besides the algae, about 20 species of flowering plants have been found here. The lake's bays and silty lagoons, its sheltered coves, and the river deltas harbour such plants as rhdest, thin reed, water buckwheat, cattail, hornwort, and sedge.
25 maj 2024 · Lake Baikal is the world's deepest and oldest freshwater lake, holding nearly 20% of Earth's unfrozen surface freshwater. It boasts a unique ecosystem with over 1,000 plant and 2,500 animal species, many of which are endemic to the region.
