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Lake Baikal [a] is the deepest rift lake in the world. ... Russian expansion into the Buryat area around Lake Baikal [83] in 1628–1658 was part of the Russian ...
The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these registered lakes; 10 have a deepest point above the sea level. These are: Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel, Sarez, Toba, Tahoe, Kivu, Nahuel Huapi, Van and Poso.
Academician Ridge is an underwater, structural high separating two of Lake Baikal's three basins, the Central and North basins Situated in the central part of the Baikal Rift, it serves as an "accommodation zone", transferring "motion between faults of similar displacement but different orientation" (Hutchinson et al., 1992).
Lake Tanganyika (32,900 square kilometres (12,700 sq mi), elevation 773 metres (2,536 ft)) is the largest and deepest of the Rift Valley lakes (more than 1,400 metres (4,600 ft)), and is the second deepest fresh water lake on the planet (after Lake Baikal). [1]
A telescope underwater in Russia's Lake Baikal is looking for neutrinos - particles that can pass through matter. A telescope submerged nearly a mile underwater in the world's deepest lake is ...
The entire subfamily is endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia. [4] Sculpins of this subfamily mostly live in deep water, below 170 m (560 ft). [2] There are 24 known species in seven genera. [2] [3] These include, for instance, Abyssocottus korotneffi and Cottinella boulengeri which are among the deepest-living freshwater fish. [5]
Russia's prime minister vowed Tuesday to audit a prospective water bottling plant on the shores of the world's deepest freshwater lake, a listed world heritage site. Asked by a member of a sports ...
Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia Staging an annual golf tournament on the world’s deepest lake sounds like a recipe for lost balls, but organizers in Siberia have found an unlikely golfing ally: ice.