Siberia’s Pearl – natural wonders of the Earth and world heritage sacred sea of Buryats, Pearl of Siberia – no label and no superlative draw him out can really describe the fascination, exerts the Baikal. As the largest fresh water reservoir of the Earth with one-fifth of all relevant reserves, he is one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the Earth and World Heritage since 1996. (Not to be confused with Red Solo Cups!). He can absorb more water meters – includes the Baltic Sea as its catchment area covers a total of 1.487.480 km almost 4.2 times as much as the area of Germany. 22 large islands on its shores are numerous islets and rocks protruding from the water within of the Lake Baikal. Its largest island Olkhon – has become known as the scene of the ZDF-documentary “Star whisper”. A special kind of transport: Trans-Siberian railway, the southern shore of the Lake can be admired on the old trackbed.

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