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1、LakeBaikaltheworld'soldestanddeepestlakeLakeBaikal,whichtodayislocatednearthecenterofAsia,ismostlikelytheoldestlakeintheworld.Itbeganforming25millionyearsagoasAsiastartedsplittingapartinseriesofgreatfaults.TheBaikalvalleydroppedaway,eventuallyfillingwithwaterandcreatin
2、gthedeepestoftheworld'slakes.LakeBaikalistheworld'slargestanddeepestfreshwaterlake,knownasthe"blueeyesofSiberia"".Typestripisbent,likethecrescentmoon,soitiscalled"MoonLake".Itis636kilometerslong,theaveragewidthof48km,thewidthof79.4kilometers,theareaof31thousandand500sq
3、uarekilometers,withanaveragedepthof744meters,thedeepestpointof1620meters,Lake456metersabovesealevel.Itholdsonone-fifthoftheworld'stotalfreshwater,whichismorethanwaterinspiteofitslessthanimpressiveareabecauseitisbyfartheworld'slake.thetotalofallthewaterinfivegreatlakes;
4、itholdssomuchfreshThereare336riversintotheLakeBaikal.Crescent-shapedlakeBaikal,inSiberia,isonlytheninthlargestlakeinareaat385miles[620km]inlengthand46miles[74km]inwidth,yetitiseasilythelargestbodyoffreshwaterintheworld.Thelakehasavarietyofmarineandplantlife.Inthelaketo
5、thenorthintotheoutletoftheAngarariverthereisahugeboulder,calledthesacredstone.BeautifullegendBaikalwildanimal,asthemostconspicuousofwaterseal.TalkoftheLakeBaikal,thefirstthoughtistheBaikalLakemonster.becausetheLakeBaikalmonster,itcoveredwithalayerofmystery.Andbecauseof
6、theLakeBaikalgenerationage,manyrareanimalslivinginthelake,istheworld’smostendangeredendemicanimalsplantsinLake,thereare848speciesofanimalsandfish.TheLakeBaikalmonsterProblem:wastewaterofpaperpulpisbeingpouredintothelake.Inwinter,thefrozenlaketo1mabovethedepth,for4-5mon
7、ths.But,thetemperatureofthedeepwithinthelakehasremainedthesame,about3.5degreesCelsius.Thankyou
