Рассказ / Озеро Байкал (на англ.)

Almost in a center an enormous mainland Eurasia is a narrow blue half moon is a lake Baikal. In the Baikal mountain area, surrounded from every quarter high backbones, it was stretched on 636 kilometres of length and to 80 km of width. 336 permanent rivers and brooks fall to Baikal, here half of volume of water, entering lake, Selenga brings. The unique river - Angara follows from Baikal. Undoubtedly, Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. There are 30 islands on Baikal, the largest is an island

2)Some people’s activities do a lot of harm to the forests. People cut down trees to build houses, roads, factories and plants. Deforestation is a very serious environmental problem.
The world’s great rainforests are all near the equator, in Africa, South America and South-East Asia. These rainforests are homes to millions of kinds of exotic animals, birds, reptiles, insects, strange plants and beautiful flowers. Three quarters of the world’s species live in the rainforests. If we destroy their habitat many of them will not survive.
Amazon rainforest is the biggest and most important in South America. Scientists believe that plants from the forest could give us many important new medicines such as cures for cancer and AIDS.
The rainforests also help to reduce pollution levels in the atmosphere and affect the weather around the world. Without rainforests our planet might not survive.
People know it but continue to destroy rainforests every day. Logging companies cut down trees to sell the wood, farmers clear the land to grow food crops, people build towns and roads where the forest used to be. Vast forests are cut and burn in fire. Their disappearance upsets the oxygen balance. As a result, a number of rivers and lakes dry up, some rare species of animals, fish, birds and plants disappear forever.
People should take measures to reduce the amount of deforestation and protect the flora and fauna of the rainforest. Our planet is our home and we need to protect it.

Baikal
On this legendary body of water, according to legend, was once soaring eagle, was splashing in its waters the Burbot and the Swan, on the banks of the grazed ox Buch-Noyon and was prowling Wolf. "Holy sea", "Holy lake", "Holy water" — in any case, amazing natural sights of Russia and the most ancient lake on Earth.
The vastness of Baikal — canvas for 22 Islands, the largest of which is Olkhon, where rocks covered with ancient drawings. On the island in burial grounds researchers are still discovering iron horseshoes for driving on ice while hunting for seal. Actually, this island is considered a sacred place of the lake-sea, and the mountain izhimei, nearby, is the sacred Buryat place.