The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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I tell you all this now , at the beginning of my story , to help you understand why the Baikalsk Cellulose - Paper Plant was ever built on the shores of this great lake . And how it is that a strong man like Sergei Vasiliev , 36 summers ...
I tell you all this now , at the beginning of my story , to help you understand why the Baikalsk Cellulose - Paper Plant was ever built on the shores of this great lake . And how it is that a strong man like Sergei Vasiliev , 36 summers ...
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Ice a meter or more thick can accumulate between December and April , when the lake begins to thaw . In the lake's northern end , ice floes often linger until June . Sea 4 , 100 kilometers away . So immense is Lake Baikal that if all ...
Ice a meter or more thick can accumulate between December and April , when the lake begins to thaw . In the lake's northern end , ice floes often linger until June . Sea 4 , 100 kilometers away . So immense is Lake Baikal that if all ...
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Compared with Baikal , Lake Tahoe is a desert , " says Gra- chev's colleague Charles Goldman from the University of ... Unlike lakes in hot climates , Baikal mixes thor- oughly ; as its cold waters sink , they carry oxygen even to the ...
Compared with Baikal , Lake Tahoe is a desert , " says Gra- chev's colleague Charles Goldman from the University of ... Unlike lakes in hot climates , Baikal mixes thor- oughly ; as its cold waters sink , they carry oxygen even to the ...
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