Lake BaikalLake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. At 31,722 km (12,248 sq mi)—slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world's seventh-largest lake by surface area, as well as the second-largest lake in Eurasia after the Caspian Sea.
Northern Muya RangeThe Northern Muya Range (Russian: Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т, romanized: Severo-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway traverses the southern end of the mountain range via the Severomuysky Tunnel.
Baikal–Amur MainlineTayshet diversion line to Yurty30Kostomarovo 48Toporok 57Nevelskaya 97Parchum to Lesosibirsk via Kodinsk117Novochunka 124Chuna River129Sosnovye Rodniki (Oktyabrsky)142Chuna (Chunsky)154Izykan 167Targiz 177Chuksha 191Keshevo 210Toreya 226Ognevka 246Turma 259Balaga 269Vikhorevka284Morgudon to Bratsk city centre293Anzyobi (Bratsk)to Bratsk city centre304Galachinsky 310Bratskoye More 326Padunskoye Porogi 328Energetik 329Angara RiverBratsk Reservoir wall (4.4 km)339Gidrostroytel 369Zyaba 378Pashenny 403Kezhemskaya 416Mamyr 436Rechushka 461Vidim480Sokhaty 502Chornaya 523Seleznyovo 533Ilim River (Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir)535Sredneilimskaya 541Zhelezny 550Korshunovsky-Tunnel (1.1 km)552562Sibirishnaya 573Khrebtovayato Ust-Ilimsk589Karstovaya 611Semigorsk 620Merelotnaya 646Kaymonovo 652Kuta River661Rychey 672Yantal685Kuta 713Ust-Kut730Yakurim 734Lena-Vostochnaya to Lensk737Lena River739Predlensky 759Chudnichny 769Kalpshny 784Zvyozdnaya 805Irdykan 823Niya 853Nebel 867Marikta 874Ukhanga 889Kirenga (Magistralny)908Okunaysky 915Kirenga River930Ulkan 948Umbella 960Kalakachan 982Kunerma 997Delbichinda 1,010Baikal (Daban) tunnel (6,686 m)1,028Goudzhekit 1,043Tyya 1,0674 tunnels (4.5 km total)1,090Nizhneangarsk1,105Kholodnaya 1,127Kichera 1,164Kiron 1,182Angoya 1,193Ogdynda 1,210Ogney 1,228Anamakit 1,235Upper Angara River1,242Novy Uoyan1,249Bakany 1,277Yanchuy 1,296Churo 1,315Kyukhelbekerskaya (Yanchikan)1,330Kovokta 1,344Angarakan Severomuysky Tunnel bypass1,354Severomuysky Tunnel (15,343 m)Severomuysky Tunnel bypass1,374Kasankan (Severomuysk)1,385Severomuysk 1,397Arkum 1,414Ulgi 1,460Muyakan 1,469Taksimo1↓planned electrification1,492Lodya 1,508Aku 1,533Shivery 1,543Koyra 1,561Kuanda 1,584Taku 1,602Balbukhta 1,617Syulban 1,637Naledny 1,645Kodar tunnel (1,981 m)1,650Kodar 1,668Leprindo 1,679Sallikit 1,713Chara Riverto Chineyskoye mines1,719Novaya Chara1,740Kemen 1,757Ikabya 1,770Olongo 1,8351,864Khani Far-East Railway1,866Olyokma Tas-Yuryakh 1,918Olyokma River1,9221,9272,013Yuktali 2,033Taluma 2,058Dyugabul 2,121Chilchi 2,171Lopcha 2,186Elgakan 2,216Larba 2,241Lumbir 2,268Khorogochi 2,309Kuvykta 2,369Shakhtaum 2,365Gilyuy River2,375Bestuzhevo Amur–Yakutsk Mainline2,436Marevaya 2,494Unakha 2,511Dipkun2,560Tutaul 2,687Zeya River (Zeya reservoir)2,690Verkhnezeysk 2,706Apetenok 2,734Izhak 2,757Ulyanovsky Stroitel 2,779Ogoron 2,803Moldavsky 2,833Miroshnichenko 2,846Tungala 2,865Kamnega 2,894Dugda 2,919Nora 2,940Meun 2,957Drogoshevsk 2,983Skalisty 3,000Chervinka 13,012Selemdzha River3,017Fevralsk23,035Zvonkoye 3,060Demchenko 3,082Isakan 3,101Isa 3,129Mustakh 3,149Ulma 3,162Etyrken 3,195Shugara 3,247Alonka 3,292Bureya River3,312Urgal-I to Chegdomyn3,324Chemchuko 3,339Mugule 3,365Soloni 3,384Dusse-Alin 3,382Dusse-Alin Tunnel (1.8 km)3,402Suluk 3,422Mogdy 3,434Orokot 3,456Gerbi 3,481Ukraltu 3,494Badzhal Amgun River (3 bridges)3,513Dzhamku 3,525Sektali 3,542Eanga 3,562Amgun 3,579Sonakh 3,595Ebgun 3,615Postyshevo (Beryosovy)3,621Amgun River3,638Bolen 3,659Moni 3,679Evoron 3,702Kharpichan 3,715Gorin 3,740Mavrinsky 3,750Khurmuli 3,775Lian 3,789Khalgaso 3,799Silinka 2Komsomolsk-Sortirovochny0Pivan 28Gayter 41Kartel 52Selikhinoto Sakhalin via Sakhalin Tunnel63Eldigan 82Poni 95Kun 112Gurskoye 139Uktur 160Kenay 182Oune Kuznetsovsky tunnel (3,996 m)220Vysokogornaya 240Datta 261Kenada 274Dzhigdasi to De-Kastri & Sakhalin303Tuluchi 318Akur 340Tumnin 3366Khutu 376Imbo to Khabarovsk & Nakhodka380Ust-Orochi 399Kamenny Ruchey403Landyshi 424Toki 434Vanino458Desna 468Sovetskaya GavankmKeyThe Baikal–Amur Mainline (Russian: Байкало-Амурская магистраль, БАМ, Baikalo-Amurskaya magistral', BAM) is a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) broad-gaugerailway line in Russia.
BuryatiaBuryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. To its north lie Irkutsk Oblast and Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world; Zabaykalsky Krai to the east; Tuva to the west and Mongolia to the south. Its capital is the city of Ulan-Ude.
Drainage basinA drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern.
SiberiaSiberia ( sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized: Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west (with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary) to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
Stanovoy HighlandsThe Stanovoy Highlands (Russian: Станово́е наго́рье) or Stanovoy Uplands is a mountain range in the Transbaikal region of Siberia, Russia.
FloodplainA floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river that stretches from the banks of the river channel to the base of the enclosing valley and experiences flooding during periods of high discharge. The soils usually consist of clays, silts, sands, and gravels deposited during floods. Because of regular flooding, floodplains frequently have high soil fertility since nutrients are deposited with the flood waters.
RapidsRapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Flow, gradient, constriction, and obstacles are four factors that are needed for a rapid to be created.
Novy UoyanNovy Uoyan (Russian: Но́вый Уоя́н; Buryat: Шэнэ Уоян, romanized: Shene Uoian) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Severo-Baykalsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located in the basin of the Upper Angara River, 550 kilometers (340 mi) from Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,963.
Glacial lakeA glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. FormationNear the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,000 years ago, glaciers began to retreat. A retreating glacier often left behind large deposits of ice in hollows between drumlins or hills. As the ice age ended, these melted to create lakes.
Russian languageRussian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russian people. Russian was the de facto (and de jure in its final years) official language of the former Soviet Union.
Buryat languageBuryat or Buriat, known in foreign sources as the Bargu-Buryat dialect of Mongolian, and in pre-1956 Soviet sources as Buryat-Mongolian, is a variety of the Mongolic languages spoken by the Buryats and Bargas that is classified either as a language or major dialect group of Mongolian.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.