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Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world.
Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on planet Earth, estimated to be 20–25 million years old, and is also the deepest continental body of water with a maximum depth of 1620 meters (5315 ft). It has an area of 31 km², which is the size of Belgium.
Lake Baikal has the largest volume of fresh water in the world, accounting for about one-fifth (20%) of the Earth's unfrozen fresh water.
Known as the 'Galapagos of Russia', its age and isolation have created one of the world's richest and most unusual freshwater faunas, which are crucial to evolutionary science.