Bodies of Water
Lake Baikal
Also Known As Baikal Informal short form used in English alongside the full name Lake Baikal. · Ozero Baykal The Russian name (Russian: Озеро Байкал), "ozero" meaning lake. The name Baikal itself is thought to derive from a Turkic or Mongolic term for a rich or sacred lake.
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Lake Baikal is a rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia, the deepest lake on Earth and, by volume, the largest reservoir of unfrozen fresh water on the planet, holding close to a fifth of the world's surface fresh water. Formed in a tectonic rift more than twenty-five million years ago, it is also thought to be the world's oldest lake, and its long isolation has produced an unusually high number of species found nowhere else.
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Area (sq km) Maximum Depth (m) Elevation (m)The lake's surface elevation above sea level. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Russia, Countries Lake Baikal sits in southern Siberia, Russia.
Lake Baikal lies within southern Siberia, one of the region's best-known landmarks.
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