Lake Baikal: Quick Facts

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Map of Lake Baikal in southern Russia, showing surrounding cities, physical features such as the Selenga Delta, Olkhon Island, and Bolshoy Ushkany Island, and marked water depths with the deepest point labeled as 1,620 meters. A small locator map in the upper left highlights Lake Baikal's position in Asia.

Bolshiye Koty on Lake Baikal

Rocky cliffs with sparse trees and grassy slopes rise above the calm waters of Lake Baikal on Olkhon Island in east-central Russia.

Two illustrated divers are superimposed onto a photograph showing a lake underwater.

The freshwater seals that only live in Lake Baikal

The unique life of Baikal seals in southern Siberia

Lake Baikal: The world's deepest and oldest lake

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