Baikal region

E626463

geographic region

The Baikal region is a geographic area in Siberia centered around Lake Baikal, renowned for its unique ecosystems, dramatic landscapes, and cultural significance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Baikal region canonical	5
Lake Baikal basin	5
Lake Baikal region	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ
contains	Baikal Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Baikal Rift Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Baikalsky Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Barguzin Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Barguzin River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Barguzinsky Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ East Siberian taiga ⓘ Frolikha Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabansky Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Baikal NERFINISHED ⓘ Olkhon Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Pribaikalsky National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Primorsky Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Sayan Mountains foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ Selenga River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Svyatoy Nos Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunka Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Angara River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Zabaikalsky National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ boreal forests ⓘ mountain tundra ⓘ steppe landscapes ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
economicActivity	fishing ⓘ forestry ⓘ mining (in surrounding areas) ⓘ tourism ⓘ
environmentalIssue	industrial pollution threats ⓘ overfishing and poaching ⓘ tourism pressure ⓘ
hasClimate	continental climate ⓘ subarctic climate (in higher elevations) ⓘ
hasCore	Lake Baikal NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesAdministrativeRegion	Irkutsk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Buryatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Tuva (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zabaykalsky Krai (partly) ⓘ
indigenousPeople	Buryats NERFINISHED ⓘ Evenks NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuvans (in adjacent areas) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	cultural significance for indigenous peoples ⓘ dramatic mountain and lake landscapes ⓘ endemism ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ unique freshwater ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn	Asian part of Russia ⓘ Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity	Irkutsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulan-Ude NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTown	Babushkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Baikalsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Listvyanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Severobaikalsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Slyudyanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia macroregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	UNESCO World Heritage area (via Lake Baikal site) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
timeZone	Irkutsk Time (UTC+8) NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Baikal–Amur Mainline NERFINISHED ⓘ Circum-Baikal Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Siberian Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irkutsk, Russia → region → Baikal region ⓘ

subject surface form: Irkutsk

Vitim River → region → Baikal region ⓘ

Vitim River → drainageBasin → Baikal region ⓘ

Baikal Rift Zone → underlies → Baikal region ⓘ