Welcome to
You are in the apartment Lake BAIKAL.
DEAR VISITOR:
The source of life on planet Earth is water. Only 1% of this water is SWEET WATER.
The largest reserve of fresh water is in the lakes. It is so commonplace in our lives that we do not pay attention to it.
8 lacus wants to pay homage to water.
Remind all your visitors, guests and friends of the importance of your existence. The increasing lack of water on the planet, the so-called “water deficit”, should make us aware of nature’s greatest asset.
For this reason, we have chosen 8 lakes of the world to identify our apartments. Each of them has been illustrated with photographs by renowned artists. We would like you to enjoy looking at them and help you remember how important water is.
Did you know that…?
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world.
It is a lake located in the southern region of Siberia, Russia, near the city of Irkutsk. It is known as the “Blue Eye of Siberia” or the “Pearl of Asia”. It is the second largest freshwater reservoir in the world.
It is one of the lakes with the lowest turbidity index in the world, with depths of more than 20 meters. It contains about 20% of the world’s unfrozen fresh water and at 1680 m deep is the deepest lake in the world.
The water volume of Lake Baikal is 23,620 km3. With the current consumption (in Spain) of 140 liters per person per day, and assuming a complete annual replenishment, it could supply the needs of of the world’s population for approximately 80 years.
