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RECORDS GUINNES OF PLACES
The biggest lake in the world
Name:
The biggest lake in the world is: Baikal
Size:
Size:
Lake Baikal has 31,494 km² of surface area, 636 km long, 80 km wide and 1,680 m deep
Location:
This lake is located in the southern region of Siberia, Russia, between the Irkutsk Oblast in the northwest and Buryatia in the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk.
Amazing fact:
The seal caspia (Phoca caspica or Pusa caspica) is endemic to the Caspian region and is one of the few species of seals that live in inland waters..
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