SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Lake Baikal has
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The biggest freshwater reserve in the world
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The biggest saltwater reserve in the world
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The most tourism in the world
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The most sturgeon and caviar in the world
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Explanation:
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. It contains 20% of the world’s total unfrozen freshwater reserve.
Detailed explanation-2: -Option C-Lake Baikal is considered to be the deepest as well as the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of volume.
Detailed explanation-3: -US and Canadian researchers recently calculated the total amount of the world’s groundwater and estimated that it is equivalent to a lake 180m deep covering the entire Earth. This makes groundwater the largest active freshwater resource on the planet.
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