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A system of strictly protected natural territories of the Baikalian Siberia and Russia Protected lands and biodiversity

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A system of strictly protected natural territories of the Baikalian Siberia and Russia Protected lands and biodiversity

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    1. A system of strictly protected natural territories of the Baikalian Siberia and Russia Protected lands and biodiversity Dr. Victor Kuzevanov Botanic Garden of Irkutsk State University Dr. Vitaly Ryabtsev Pribaikalsky National Park

    3. Lake Baikal is well known as the planet’s deepest (1,637 m), oldest (more than 25 million years old), most voluminous freshwater lake (23.600 km3) one of the most biologically diverse lakes on Earth, some 60% of its living organisms being unique to the lake . Its water volume represents 20% of all unfrozen freshwater on Earth. 2,565 animal species and 1085 plant species are found in the Lake, a characteristic that is closely connected with its age of 25 million years and unique natural development.

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