The Zabaikalye National Park, Gallery. RDC ScanEx

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Title
The Zabaikalye National Park

Date of Imagery
25.06.2000

Imaging system
Landsat-7 ETM+

1024 x 1022
BMP (3 139 Kb)

The Zabaikalye National Park

The image was acquired by Landsat-7 imagery system in middle, near infrared and red spectral zones on June 25, 2000.

The Zabaikalye National Part was established in Buryatia territory in 1986. Nowadays it covers the southern part of the Barguzin Chain, Chivyrkuisky Isthmus, the Svyatoy Nos Peninsula, the Ushkanyi Islands, the islands of the Chivyrkuisky Bay and the water areas of the Barguzin abd Chuvyrkuisky bays.

The eastern part of the image shows the east coast of the Baikal. The Chivyrkuisky Isthmus leads to the Svyatoy Nos Peninsula. The largest lake of the isthmus – Arangatui – is connected to the Chivyrkuisky Bay. The image displays various landscapes of the Isthmus. The marshlands shown in blue tones are one of the major nesting locations of the Baikal swimming birds. Vegetation is represented by both mountain and steppe or desert types. The history of the isthmus formation formerly being a strait is quite interesting. Materials suspended in the water flow of the Barguzin river kept depositing on its bottom for several thousands of years until finally modern landscapes formed through this alluviation process.

The central part of the image shows the Svyatoy Nos Peninsula, which is the only peninsula on the lake. It features mountain and taiga landscapes. Deciduous forest stands out in light green primarily along the river valleys, while coniferous forest in the rest of the peninsula is shown in darker green. Top parts of the median chain are occupied with bald mountain landscapes shown in pink.

The Barguzin river flows into the lake south of the isthmus through the Barguzin Bay, which is the largest and deepest bay of the Baikal. The Chivyrkuisky Bay is situated to the north of the isthmus. Its banks are covered with forest and often sand beaches can be found in its inlets.

The north-western part of the image shows the Ushkanyi Islands. The archipelago consists of four islands and represents the largest rookery of Baikal seal in the Baikal. The largest island is the Bolshoi Ushkanyi, the other three islands are called the Malye Ushkanyi. The archipelago is formed by the exposed summits of the Akademicheskyi Chain, which divides the Baikal basin into the northern and southern parts.

Ust’-Barguzin settlement is situated in the estuary of the river having the same name. It is shown in pink on the image.

Unique natural landscapes of the Zabaikalye National Park have been protected since 1986 and in 1996 the lake of Baikal (and consequently the area shown on the image) was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Title:	The Zabaikalye National Park
Date of Imagery:	25.06.2000
Imaging system:	Landsat-7 ETM+

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