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HIGHEST LONGEST BIGGEST LARGEST DEEPEST SMALLEST OF THE WORLD
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Baikal
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Adams
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Argentina
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Caspian Sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1, 700 m) lake in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest freshwater lake, curves for nearly 400 miles through south-eastern Siberia, north of the Mongolian border. At its deepest point it is over 5, 000 feet (1, 637 meters) deep. It is the world’s largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.
Detailed explanation-3: -Set deep within the Russian subcontinent, Baikal is the deepest, oldest and most voluminous of all lakes, a superstar of superlatives in hydrology, geology, ecology and history. The lake is more than 5, 300 feet deep (exact figures vary) at its most profound point, which lies about 4, 000 feet below sea level.