Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater lake (by volume) and the world's deepest
lake with a depth of 1620 m (5315 ft), is located in which country?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Russia.
- Lake Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake, curves for nearly 400 miles through south-eastern Siberia, north of the Mongolian border.
- It is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.
- It contains about 5,521 cubic miles of water (23,013 cubic kilometers), or approximately 20% of Earth's fresh surface water.
- This is a volume of water approximately equivalent to all five of the North American Great Lakes combined.