Protection of lake

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Seismic activity

Lake Baikal is in the center of the Baikal Rift Zone, constantly changing as all rift systems do. There is much evidence of the Baikal rift’s seismic potential including traces of prehistoric earthquakes, historical quake records and data on hundreds of thousands of seismic events that have been registered since 1902, when instrumental observation began in the Baikal area. 
The map shows the strongest earthquakes (K > 10.5, magnitude > 3.6*) with epicenters in the Baikal Natural Territory during 2012. Lake Baikal is in the center of the Baikal Rift Zone, constantly changing as all rift systems do. 
*Magnitude and energy class (K) are instrumentally recorded measures of energy at the epicenter of an earthquake. 
(“Seismic activity in the Baikal Natural Preserve,” Baikal branch of the Geophysics Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Office)

Environmental protection

A network of conservation areas has been established around the lake to protect the landscape and biological diversity of Baikal’s World Natural Heritage site (UNESCO designation). In the central conservation area of the Baikal Natural Territory there are 3 preserves, 2 national parks and 7 wildlife sanctuaries.

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Borders

Baikal Natural Territory

World Heritage Site

Protected natural areas

Wildlife sanctuary

National park

Preserve

Conservation areas of the Baikal Natural Territory

Central

Buffer

Weather effect