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

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 ...

Lake Baikal, which stretches 31,700 square kilometres, is also the deepest lake in the world, with a water depth of around 1.6 kilometres. However, according to Ted Ozersky, an associate professor ...

Lakes, much like mountains, can be ancient geological features. While most lakes are relatively young in geological terms, ...

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 ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

A World Lakes Conference in Japan’s Otsu put Lake Baikal, along with Lake Okeechobee in the United States (with a depth of three meters), Lake Balaton in Hungary (with a depth of 12 meters ...

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...