• The lake is deep enough to stand five Eiffel Towers (each 324 metres/1,063 feet) on top of one another. Lake Baikal changes its face every season.
  • Minimum width: 16 miles (25 km), according to Baikal World Web. Coastline area: 1,300 miles (2,100 km), according to Lake Baikal.org.
  • This is Russia’s Lake Baikal — the world’s oldest and deepest lake — situated in southeast Siberia, near the border with Mongolia.
  • Baikal Lake, Russia. The surface area of the lake is 31,722 sq. kilometers (12,248 sq. mi), which is comparable to the size of Belgium and Denmark.
  • Lake Baikal is the largest and oldest lake of the world that consists of 80% freshwater of the world. The lake is a home for many people and animal species.
  • In Russia we spell Lake Baikal like “OzeroBaykal”. The word “Baikal”came from Turk language. The word “bai” means “wealthy” and“kul” means “lake”.
  • Lake Baikal is nothing short than a natural wonder. It is the deepest, oldest and largest freshwater lake by volume, containing one fifth of the world’s fresh water.
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  • In the west there are the Baikal Mountains, in the east the Zabaikalskie Mountains. The Angara River is the only outflow of Lake Baikal.