Several facts about lake Baikal

• the deepest lake in the world - 1637 meters (1 mile)
• the oldest lake in the world - 25 000 000 years old
• contains 1/5 of all fresh water on the globe
• the transparance of its water is 45 meters
• 1600 species which can be found only at lake Baikal
• the length is 635 km (400 miles)