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Where is the world's deepest lake?

Russia's Lake Baikal, located north of the Mongolian border, is the world's deepest with a maximum depth of just over one mile (5371 feet / 1637 meters). Lake Baikal is so deep that it holds about one-fifth of the world's non-frozen fresh water supply.

 

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