Lake Baikal holds about a fifth of the world’s unfrozen fresh surface water.

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Located in southern Siberia, Russia, Lake Baikal is both the world’s deepest lake (reaching 1,642 meters or 5,387 feet) and the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, estimated at 25 to 30 million years old. Containing roughly 23,615 cubic kilometers of water, it holds approximately 20% to 22% of the globe’s entire unfrozen surface fresh water—more liquid volume than all North American Great Lakes combined.

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