Due to the low water level of Lake Baikal in recent days has decreased by 1 centimeter, it is now below the minimum allowable level of 6 inches, a source in the emergency services in the region.
«After March 13th the water level in the lake fell by 1 centimeter, it is now at the level of 455.94 meters,” – said the source RIA “Novosti».
Earlier, the head Hydromet Alexander Frolov said that the water level in Lake Baikal has gone beyond the minimum mark of 456.0 meters.
At the present time limits Baikal limited requirements of the Government of Russia on March 26, 2001 № 234. The document set the minimum acceptable level of water in 456.0 meters, maximum – 457.0 meters.
February 10, the Russian government to prevent the use of water resources of the lake below the minimum values.
From February 4th power of Buryatia introduced on high alert because of the shoaling of Lake Baikal.
In the middle of January, Director of the Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS, Doctor of Geographical Sciences Endon Garmaev reported that for the first time in 60 years on the lake water level dropped almost to a critical point – for the year it decreased by 40 centimeters.
The fall of the water level in the lake have been linked to the activities of energy companies and the extremely low water period in 2014.
Baikal – one of the great lakes on the planet, lake “superlatives”: the deepest (1 thousand. 637 meters), the oldest (25 million years), with the most diverse flora and fauna including freshwater bodies.
The lake has a unique volume and quality supply of fresh water (23.6 thousand. cubic kilometers – more than 20% of world reserves). In 1996, the pond was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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