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MAP ME GlacierDog:  What Is the World’s Deepest Lake? * Lake Baikal (or Baykal) is the deepest lake in the world, over 1.6 km or 1 mi. * It curves through southern Russia for nearly 400 mi. * Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume. Its 23,000 cubic km of water constitutes about 20% of the world’s total surface fresh liquid water. In fact, it has as much water as all of the Great Lakes of North America combined. * It lies in an active, widening continental rift zone. The sediments at the bottom are over 7 km (4 mi) thick, giving its rift floor a depth of 8 to 9 km (over 5 mi). Sponsored by: http://www.glacierdogpublishing.com/ The next MAPME GlacierDog will be:  What Is the World’s Deepest Canyon?

MAP ME GlacierDog:  What Is the World’s Deepest Lake?

* Lake Baikal (or Baykal) is the deepest lake in the world, over 1.6 km or 1 mi.

* It curves through southern Russia for nearly 400 mi.

* Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume. Its 23,000 cubic km of water constitutes about 20% of the world’s total surface fresh liquid water. In fact, it has as much water as all of the Great Lakes of North America combined.

* It lies in an active, widening continental rift zone. The sediments at the bottom are over 7 km (4 mi) thick, giving its rift floor a depth of 8 to 9 km (over 5 mi).

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http://www.glacierdogpublishing.com/

The next MAPME GlacierDog will be:  What Is the World’s Deepest Canyon?

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