Baikal is the world's deepest freshwater lake, and, at 25 million years, the oldest. It's also supposed to be the largest in volume, holding about a quarter of the earth's freshwater supply and more ...

Desolate wilderness surrounds the giant Lake Baikal, the deepest, oldest and most voluminous lake on earth. Photo courtesy of Flickr user mrullmi No lake is more lake than Lake Baikal. Set deep within ...

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Set deep within the Russian subcontinent, Baikal is the deepest, oldest and most voluminous of all lakes Alastair Bland Desolate wilderness surrounds the giant Lake Baikal, the deepest, oldest and ...