Spa importance Baikal

The water temperature of many hot springs above 50, 60 and 70 °. So Garginsky source has a temperature of 75 °, Bolsherechensky (southern shore of Lake Baikal) 74,5 °, Allinsky (on the river. Barguzinskaya Alla in the valley) 72 °, Kotelnikovsky (the northern coast of Lake Baikal) 62 °, Goryachinsk (south-eastern coast of Lake Baikal) 54,5 °, Ilyinsky (downstream p. Selenga) 54 °. Medicinal sources are used here primarily for the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, gynecological disorders, skin diseases and some diseases of the nervous system. Tunkinskaya hollow-known spring water has Arshan Kislovodsk type of mineral water and is used to treat gastric disorders. Arshansky water even surpasses Kislovodsk seltzer on the content of carbon dioxide and other components. Of the many valuable medicinal springs area used until a few. The mineral source creates two resorts union values ??(Arshan-Tunkinsky and Goryachinsk). Some sources are organized resorts local (Garginsky, Ilyinsky Allinsky, Nilova Deserts, Khakusy, etc.). On the shore of Lake Baikal near the village. Listvyanka a recreational center "Baikal". District of Lake Baikal - one of the most promising resort over the country. Picturesque lake-alpine landscape of Lake Baikal and its shores, open "sea space, vast spaces of forests, clean and clear water lakes, quaint rocky shore with its beautiful bays and beaches and other beautiful place, a kind of wildlife, mountain air - all this attracts the travelers. outstanding geologist and explorer of Lake Baikal Chersky called him alpine lake. Indeed, Lake Baikal is located well above the known alpine lakes in Europe and has a much larger compared with the area water surface. Thus, the lake of Geneva in Switzerland, is one of the most popular tourism sites in Western Europe, situated at an altitude of 375 m above sea level, ie 80 m below the lake and its area is 54 times less.