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Lake Baikal is located in central Russia a bit west and south of the middle of the country. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume and contains one fifth of all the world's fresh water. One of the only entirely fresh water seal populations in the world calls it home. This remarkable place was hardly known until the late 1800's. It is isolated and beautiful. But it's becoming polluted, as are so many other biospheres. Click the link and check it out. It's worth it. Promise.
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∙ 10y agoLake Baikal is located on the Asian continent.
Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia (Asia), 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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What continent is biakal?
Lake Baikal is the oldest lake in the world and is located in Russia on the continent of Asia.
Lake baikal is on which continent?
Asia
What nation is lake baikal in?
Lake Baikal is in Southern Siberia in Russia.
In what country can one find Lake Baikal?
One can find Lake Baikal in the country of Siberia. Lake Baikal is a remotely located lake that is found in the south eastern region of Siberia and is not easy to reach.
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.
Which two deep freshwater lake is located in central siberia?
lake baikal is one of them
What hemisphere is lake Baikal located in?
Lake Baikal, Russia is in the Northern Hemisphere as it is North of the Equator. Also, it is in the Eastern Hemisphere as it is to the East of the Prime Meridian.
Where is Lake Bakal located at?
Lake Baikal is in southern Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest...
Where is lake Braikal located?
Lake Baikal is in southeastern Siberia the Republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk (in Russia.)
Which deep freshwater lakeis located in Central Siberia?
Lake Baikal
What this the deepest lake in the world?
The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal which is 1642 meters deep. It is located in Russia.
Near lake tanganyika the famous meeting tock place what continent?
Lake Tanganyika is in the continent of Africa (divided between Tanzania, DRC, Burundi and Zambia). It is world's second largest fresh water lake after Lake Baikal.
