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1044592 - Valery Shustov
Baikal at peace, Grand Prix at the Photomundi show, 1969.
Lake Baikal lies in Southern Siberia in Russia between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and Buryatia to the southeast near the city of Irkutsk. The lake is the deepest and oldest lake in the world as well as the largest (by volume) freshwater lake. It contains over one fifth of the world's liquid fresh surface water and more than 90% of Russia's liquid fresh surface water. It is a World Heritage Site.
©RIA Novosti / TopFoto
©RIA Novosti / TopFoto
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