HydroLAKES lake · #11
Baikal
Surface area
31 967,85km²
Avg depth
738,7m
Volume
23 615 000km³
Shoreline
2 688,1km
Administrative coverage
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Water bodyBuryat · Russia20430.56 km²63.6% of lake
- Water bodyIrkutsk · Russia10508.50 km²32.7% of lake
- Kabanskiy rayonBuryat · Russia364.15 km²1.1% of lake
- Barguzinskiy rayonBuryat · Russia254.80 km²0.8% of lake
- Severobaykal'skiyBuryat · Russia196.66 km²0.6% of lake
- Ol'khonskiy rayonIrkutsk · Russia130.94 km²0.4% of lake
12 intersecting protected areas
Lake Baikal
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
31975.87 km² overlap
Zabajkal`skij
IUCN IINational Park
354.30 km² overlap
Barguzinskyi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
124.00 km² overlap
Verhne-Angarskij
IUCN IVState Natural Zakaznik
42.67 km² overlap
Selenga Delta
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
33.21 km² overlap
Istok reki Angary
IUCN IIINatural Monument
3.60 km² overlap
Enhalukskij
IUCN IVState Natural Zakaznik
1.69 km² overlap
Pribajkal`skij
IUCN IVState Natural Zakaznik
0.23 km² overlap
Mys Burhan (Skala SHamanka)
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.02 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Ostrov Borokchin
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Ostrov Baklanij kamen`
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Natural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 291 distinct species · 51 006 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Baikal : 12 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 17.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
31 967,85km²
Avg depth
738,7m
Volume
23 615 000,000km³
Watershed
569 176km²
Shoreline
2 688,1km
Shore dev. idx
4,24
Residence time
136 805days
Elevation
449m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.