A Lake Older Than Mountains Lakes, like mountains, can last millions of years. However, most lakes are short-lived in ...

Lake Baikal in Siberia stands as one of Earth’s most astonishing natural wonders. Its staggering depth—reaching over 5,300 feet (1,600 meters)—holds more water than all of North America’s ...

The oldest lake in the world dates back about 25 million years and is also the world's deepest and most biologically diverse ...

In the depths of Russia lies a lake that holds an impressive number of world records and is so deep that it could hold over ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world. It is frozen for up to five months a year and its ice is so thick cars often drive ...

The water in Lake Baikal is among the purest in the world. The ecosystem contains hundreds of unique species. The city of Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia is famous for its historic homes, adorned with ...

Lake Baikal, located in Russia’s frigid Siberia, freezes over every winter. But the ice sheet that forms on the lake isn’t perfect, and strange rings and holes in the ice are regularly seen ...

Golf just got a whole lot cooler. Around 50 golfers gathered on Lake Baikal to compete in the annual Baikal Ice Golf tournament. The Siberian lake is the deepest freshwater lake in the world ...

There are many cities in the world smaller than Lake Baikal. To put its size in perspective, let’s take a look at the famous Loch Ness (Scotland). 755 feet of maximum depth, 23 miles long ...

Economic activity in Mongolia also affects the water level of Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal in south-east Siberia, the deepest lake in the world (1,700 m), contains 20% of all fresh running water on ...