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Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, is the world's deepest fresh water lake at 1,638 metres deep. It is 636 km long and is the world's sixth largest lake and 1,181 metres of it is below sea level. It contains 20% of the world's fresh water which is so clear that divers suffer from vertigo. Based on sediment at the bottom, it is also the world's oldest lake at 25 million years, based on an ancient fault, the Olkhon Crevice. 2,000 species of plant and animal life have been identified in Lake Baikal, 75% of which appears nowhere else in the world.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt has a water volume of 23,600 km3 (5,700 cu mi)
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∙ 13y agoIt is the world's oldest and deepest lake. Surface area 12,248 square miles., Width 49 miles, length 395 miles, depth 2442 feet, max depth 5387 feet and containes 5700 cubic miles of water
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∙ 10y agoIt holds about 20% of the Worlds fresh water.
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∙ 15y agoWater volume 23,600 km3 (5,700 cu mi)
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What Russian lake has the most fresh water?
Lake Baikal.
What is is the deepest lake on earth?
Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, is the world's deepest fresh water lake at 1,638 metres deep. It contains 20% of the world's fresh water.
What is the biggest freshwater lake?
Lake Baikal, In Southern Siberia. Lake Baikal, In Southern Siberia.
How many gallons of water does a 5 acre lake that is 4 feet deep hold?
Approximately 8,146,286 gallons of water.
How many gallons of water does lake of the ozarks hold?
The Lake of the Ozarks spans through Benton, Camden, Miller, and Morgan counties in Missouri. It has a surface area of 54,000 acres and hold 646,000,000,000 gallons of water.
What animals live in Lake Baikal?
One of the types of animals in Lake Baikal are the Fresh Water Seals, also known as the only fresh water seals in the world. :-)
Does Russia have warm-water ports in the Baikal Sea?
There are no warm water ports any where near Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal freezes solid to depths of up to 10 metres during the Siberian winter.
Where is located the lake Baikal?
Lake Baikal is also known as the North Sea and is the largest fresh water lake in the world. It is located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia.
What mammals live in Lake Baikal?
fresh water seals
Which lake is the deepest lake in the world?
lake baikal its in Russia and is almost one mile deep and has more fresh water than all American lakes combined
How many gallons does the lake of the Ozarks hold?
The Lake of the Ozarks spans through Benton, Camden, Miller, and Morgan counties in Missouri. It has a surface area of 54,000 acres and hold 646,000,000,000 gallons of water.
What nation is lake baikal in?
Lake Baikal is in Southern Siberia in Russia.
