Tag: depth

The Deepest Points on Each Continent (Not What You Think)

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Ask most people about Earth’s deepest place and they’ll jump straight to the Mariana Trench. That part is correct, but “deepest points on each continent” is a different question. It depends on how you define a continent, whether you count land under ice, and even which year you measure, because water levels are changing as […]

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Lake Baikal: World’s Deepest Lake – Depth, Location & Wildlife

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On most world maps, Lake Baikal looks like a slim blue scar in the middle of Siberia. In reality, this “scar” is a huge lake about 395 miles (636 kilometers) long and surrounded by mountains. It is the deepest and one of the oldest freshwater lakes on Earth. It also holds more freshwater than any […]

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