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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.
4 paź 2020 · The deepest lake in the world by both maximum depth and mean depth is Lake Baikal in Russia. It contains 20% of the Earth's freshwater. Vostok Lake in Antarctica is the fourth deepest lake in the world by maximum depth and third deepest by mean depth.
27 lut 2024 · Not only is Lake Baikal the deepest lake in the world, clocking in at 5,387 feet (1,642 meters) deep, it's also the world's oldest lake, and its largest lake by volume of water. Lake Baikal is around 25 million years old and roughly the size of Belgium.
Lake Baikal, in Siberia, holds the distinction of being both the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake, holding more than 20% of the unfrozen fresh water on the surface of Earth. It is also the oldest freshwater lake in the world, with an estimated age of 20 million to 25 million years.
16 wrz 2022 · Siberia’s Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, as well as the largest body of freshwater on the planet, containing more freshwater than all five of North America’s Great Lakes...
30 lis 2018 · The world's deepest lake is Lake Baikal in Russia. It is over a mile deep (1642 meters). Worldwide, there are 37 lakes known to be at least 1300 feet or 400 meters deep.
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).
