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Lake Baikal is the world's deepest and oldest freshwater lake. The list includes both freshwater and saltwater lakes from different continents. Geological marvels reveal unique ecosystems in these ...

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The FAA Glavgosexpertiza (GGE) has received a positive conclusion on the design documentation for the construction of a unique lidar complex in the Irkutsk region. The facility is being built in the ...

Wearing nothing but a bathing suit, a swimming cap and an underwater mask, the 40-year-old woman plunged into a carved-out section of a frozen Siberian lake, before diving under the ice to swim in ...

Lake Baikal in Siberia stands as one of Earth’s most astonishing natural wonders. Its staggering depth—reaching over 5,300 feet (1,600 meters)—holds more water than all of North America’s Great Lakes ...

During the summer months, much of life in lakes is limited to areas near the shore where light touches the bottom. But on the first day of ice-over in winter, a fish could look up and see a vast and ...

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