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4 Οκτ 2020 · Shamanka Rock on Baikal lake near Khuzhir at Olkhon island in Siberia, Russia. Image credit: Julia Kuzenkova/Shutterstock.com. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest lake in the world. At 25 million years old, it is also the oldest lake in the world.
This map shows the 36 lakes in the world that have one or more points with a depth of greater than 1,300 feet (or 400m), the deepest of which is Lake Baikal in Russia at over 5,300 feet. Every continent is represented in this list, including one lake (Vostok) in Antarctica.
List view: This map shows the 36 lakes in the world that have one or more points with a depth of greater than 1,300 feet (or 400m), the deepest of which is Lake Baikal in Russia at over 5,300 feet. Every continent is represented in this list, including one lake (Vostok) in Antarctica.
Lakes ranked by maximum depth. This list contains all lakes whose maximum depth is reliably known to exceed 400 metres (1,300 ft) Geologically, the Caspian Sea, like the Black and Mediterranean seas, is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean. The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust.
At 636 km (395 mi) long and 79 km (49 mi) wide, Lake Baikal has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake in Asia, at 31,722 km 2 (12,248 sq mi), and is the deepest lake in the world at 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 fathoms).
3 ημέρες πριν · Lake Baikal, lake located in the southern part of eastern Siberia in Russia. It is the oldest existing freshwater lake on Earth (20 million-25 million years old), as well as the deepest continental body of water, having a maximum depth of 5,315 feet (1,620 meters).
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