Sarma (wind)
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Sarma is the name for the wind at the Western shore of Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...

. It is named after the Sarma River
Sarma River
Sarma is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It runs from the Baikal Range into the Small Sea Strait of Lake Baikal.The valley and estuary of Sarma is the source of the strongest of Baikal winds, the Sarma wind. Its speed may exceed 40 meters per second....

and originates in its valley.

This wind is famous to be the coldest and the strongest one in Baikal region. Its speed may exceed 40 meters per second.
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