Lake Baikal is the world's oldest (30 million years old) and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres. Located in the southern Russian region of Siberia, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, two thirds of which can be found nowhere else in the world and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The regional temperatures vary from a minimum of −19 °C (−2 °F) in winter to maximum of 14 °C (57 °F) in summer.
About Siberia: Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union (USSR) from its beginning. Siberia makes up about 77% of Russia's territory (13.1 million square kilometers), but has only 28% (40 million people) of Russia's population.
About Russia: officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, but is recognized as the continuing legal personality of the Soviet state.
Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms.
Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources.It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human spaceflight.
Modern-day Russia has the world's 11th largest economy by nominal GDP or the 6th largest by purchasing power parity, with the 5th largest nominal military budget. It is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.Russia is a great power and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council
Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, two thirds of which can be found nowhere else in the world and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The regional temperatures vary from a minimum of −19 °C (−2 °F) in winter to maximum of 14 °C (57 °F) in summer.
About Siberia: Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union (USSR) from its beginning. Siberia makes up about 77% of Russia's territory (13.1 million square kilometers), but has only 28% (40 million people) of Russia's population.
About Russia: officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, but is recognized as the continuing legal personality of the Soviet state.
Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms.
Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources.It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human spaceflight.
Modern-day Russia has the world's 11th largest economy by nominal GDP or the 6th largest by purchasing power parity, with the 5th largest nominal military budget. It is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.Russia is a great power and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council
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