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Baikal, Lake
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Baikal, Lake

 Russian Ozero Baykal

Lake, southern Siberia, Russia, in Asia. With a length of 395 mi (636 km) long and an area of some 12,200 sq mi (31,500 sq km), it is the largest freshwater basin in Eurasia. It is also the deepest continental body of water on Earth (5,315 ft [1,620 m]), containing one-fifth of the fresh water on Earth's surface. More than 330 rivers and streams flow into it; on its east it receives the Barguzin and Selenga rivers, and most of its outflow is through the Angara at the northern end. The island of Olkhon is in its centre. Plant and animal life are rich and various; at least 1,500 species are unique to the lake. Growing industrialization along its shores has produced threatening pollution. In 1996 the Lake Baikal Coastal Protection Zone was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Television remains the preferred means of reaching out to Russians for Putin, who in the past months has stolen the limelight with his dive to the bottom of the world's deepest lake, Lake Baikal, aboard a mini-submarine and bare-chested holiday trips.
Medvedev launches YouTube channel by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Byline: ANI Irkutsk (Russia), August 1 (ANI): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who prides himself over his 'macho' image, on Saturday boarded a mini-submarine in southern Siberia in Russia and dived to the bottom of Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.
Now, 'macho' Putin dives down world's deepest lake by Asian News International
The conductor of the Golden Eagle (above) gets the train ready to depart, before it snakes around Lake Baikal (below right).
SIBERIA IN STYLE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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