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I live in Severobaikalsk. Severobaikalsk is located near Lake Baikal. I wish to tell you about Lake Baikal. The Baikal is the lake of superlatives. The deepest (medium depth is 730 meters, the deepest point is 1637 meters down near Izhimey Cape at Olkhon Island), the oldest, the biggest freshwater supply of the world (around 20%), the most number of endemic species of flora and fauna.
One can stand on the shore of Lake Baikal the whole day and never see the same view twice. Looking at its endless transformations it becomes clear why the local people talk about it as it were a human being, they treat it respectfully and with a thrill. Many of them think that the Baikal can get angry or offended with them. Siberians always call it the "Sea". It's understandable that a famous old song about the lake starts with a line "Glorified Sea, sacred Baikal". Frankly speaking Siberians have mystic feelings towards the lake. They say it's not just a reservoir of 23,000 cubic kilometers of water filled in a colossal stone bowl, but a human being, magician and healer, who doesn't like bad jokes and shouldn't be troubled so much. The level of Lake Baikal basin is situated on the altitude of 456 meters over the sea level and the bottom is 1181 meters below the sea level. The supply of the fresh water in the lake would be enough for the consumption by the population of the world during 40 years, and 46 x 1015 people of the globe would drink the water from the lake simultaneously.