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PRIBAIKALSKY NATIONAL PARK

BASIC INFORMATION

• Pribaikalsky National Park covers the southwest coast of Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia
• The coastal strip includes some mountain ridges to the west as well as offshore islands such as Olkhon Island to the east.
• It is about 50 km southeast of the city of Irkutsk.
• The park is managed with three other nature reserves.
• It is a major component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Lake Baikal".
• The Angara River, which is the outflow of Lake Baikal west into the Yenisei River basin, runs through the park.

HISTORY

• The site of the park has been inhabited since ancient times, with the greatest concentration of archaeological sites along the lake.
• Today, there are 1,500 Buryats, the indigenous people, living on Olkhon island.
• Pribiakalsky National Park was created in 1986.
• As with many Russian National Parks, there are a few small settlements within the park.

TOPOGRAPHY

• The terrain is marked by uniform distribution of small, mountainous rivers.
• There are 150 permanent streams and rivers in the park, 60 of which flow into the lake.
• The streams and lakes are rain-fed and are of low salinity, with the exception of 20 karst and steppe lakes.
• There are only a few marshes, found in the low floodplains.
• Mountains rise to the west of the lake, reaching heights of 1,100 meters in the south and 1,500 meters in the north.

OLKHON ISLAND

• Olkhon Island is the fourth-largest lake-bound island in the world.
• It is 71 km long and 21 km wide, with a total area of 730 km 2 .

CLIMATE

• The climate of Pribaikalsky is moderate continental.
• It is characterized by four distinct seasons, high variance between winter and summer temperatures.
• There are long dry winters, and short, warm and rainy summers.

PLANTS

• The slopes of the mountains facing Lake Baikal are forested with steppe pine and larch.
• The wetter tops of the mountains are Siberian pine-fir, and in the valleys the tree cover is typically spruce, larch, alder, aspen, and birch.
• Biodiversity is extremely high: the park and adjacent areas have recorded 1,385 species and subspecies of vascular plants, 339 species of mosses, 676 species and sub-species of lichens and 655 species of fungi.
• Of these, 557 are endemic to the park.

ANIMALS

• As with plants, the biodiversity of animals in the park is high.
• Over 2,500 species have been recorded, many of which are endemic.
• The park records 220 species of terrestrial vertebrates.

TOURISM

• Pribaikalsky receives the majority of tourists, foreign and domestic, due to Lake Baikal (over 400,000 per year overall).
• The need to balance the recreational load with the conservation of nature is a large part of the park's mission.
• The park is open year-round.
• Buses and ferries into the park at Listvyanka are available in Irkutsk, and there is a ferry to Olkhon Island.
• Four settlements in the park have hotels and facilities, and there is a museum near Listvyanka.
• The 'Great Baikal Trail' runs along the west coast of the lake through Pribaikalsky; during the winter, the trail loop is open for skates, skis, and snowmobiles for tourists to view the ice formations.

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