Mysterious about Lake Baikal - The largest lake in the world

Lake Baikal is a unique freshwater lake in the world located in Eastern Siberia (Russian Federation), 31,722 km² wide, with an average depth of 744m.

Mysterious Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is also known by the name of the Lake of the Sacred Lake, the fresh water reserve of Lake Baikal, according to the calculation of 5 years of use for the freshwater demand of all humanity. Scientists have conducted many research and surveys but there are still many mysteries that have not been clarified.

Here are 5 mysteries that are considered typical of Lake Baikal.

Why is the name Baikal?

Before the seventeenth century the Russians did not call the lake Baikal but at that time the lake was named 'Lamu' , in the Evenk language meant 'Sea'. Later on the lake was called 'Baigal' by Buryati people and since Baigal seems to be more favorable to the Russian way of speaking, the 'G' is changed to 'K'.

But why is it called 'Baikal' ? Until now, there are still many theories explaining this name. The first hypothesis is based on the meaning of 'Bai' and 'Gal' in the Buryati language as 'standing' and 'fire' . According to the legend of the Buryati people, the location of Lake Baikal is now, once a mountain on which there was fire. The Buryati also have many other theories about the name of the lake, but linguists are inclined to hypothesis based on the call of Yakut 'Bai' meaning 'Rich' and 'Kyuol' means ' Lake'. And there is also a theory based on the meaning and syllables of the Arabic language, Bakhr - al - Baka means 'Sea of ​​water gives rise to an abundance of tears' or 'A terrible sea of ​​water'.

Age

Until now scientists have not been able to determine exactly how old Baikal is. Most assumptions suggest that Lake Baikal's age ranges from 25 to 30 million years. If this assumption is correct, Lake Baikal is the oldest of the ancient lakes. Normally, lakes that do not 'live' are more than 10 to 14 thousand years because after this period the lake is often 'muddy ' and turned into a marsh.

In recent years, thanks to the help of the "Peace" deep-water submarine, other theories have been hypothesized and hypothesized by the geological academy of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexandr Tatarinov. the most extensive discussion and discussion. The results of the study showed that fossilization during the millions of years did not observe fossil phenomena but, after a long time, oxidation phenomenon and decomposition process must happen. Therefore A.Tatarinov said that Lake Baikal is still quite young, only 8 to 10 thousand years but not more. According to him, it is possible that the rock samples collected in the lake bottom in 1966 were due to the formation of the operation of mud fire and since then geologists hurriedly deduced the age of Lake Baikal.

Circles on the surface when water freezes

These circles were discovered for the first time in 1999. This does not mean that this phenomenon has never happened before. The reason may be because the diameter is not large so standing from the high mountain with the naked eye cannot see these circles. Since the time of observing this phenomenon (1999), scientists have specifically planned to regularly monitor the surface of the lake from the universe and the strange thing is not every year when lake water freezes. then the circles also formed. Scientists only see them in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2009.

Explaining the advent of these circles, many people believe that this is a trace of aliens, but scientists do not believe much in this. According to them, it is probably due to the effect of methane emissions from sediments on the lake bottom because Lake Baikal is located on the Baikal fault zone. In summer, this phenomenon will not be available because the exhaust gas will escape into the space, and the winter gas is mixed into the ice and pushed to the surface. But if so, why explain the huge size circles? Scientists believe that there may be circles of water circulating around the ice and, together with this exhaust, create circles. However, these are just hypotheses, the truth is that there are still no valid answers.

The phenomenon of glowing water

The research expert of the Institute of Technical Physics under Yakut University - Victor Dobrynin discovered the Baikal Lake phenomenon glowing in 1982. Since then, scientists have gone into the study. Save this phenomenon. Water samples at different depths and in different parts of the lake show that the luminescence intensity of the lake decreases with the depth and range of surface to bottom variation of 100 photons or more.The level of radiation in the same location may vary. Water samples at the deepest position near Olkhon island were recorded with a minimum level of luminescence - 100 photon / cm² / sec.

The statistical research data also shows that the level of luminescence of the water changes over time in the year , from November to mid-January, the luminescence decreases and then gradually increases. These analyzes are very valuable for scientists, which help predict ecological changes. However, research is still research, why Lake Baikal water luminescence is still a mystery.

The walls of the city

Around Lake Baikal there are many city walls built from ancient times. With walls near the lake area, it can be explained to protect the sacred lands, but with tens of kilometers long walls to the deep forest, what to do? The answer is still left open.

Determining the purpose was difficult, to determine the age of the walls is not easy. The block stones here do not contain compatible organic components for radiometric or thermal carbon analysis. Historically, it was thought that these walls were built around the 5th century to the 10th century. However, in fact they may be younger or much older.

Soaking yourself to be immortal?

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According to folklore, this lake has some supernatural magic power , which can help extend the life of people. Therefore, many people are willing to soak in water at a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius, to be immortal.