9. Lake Baikal[SEE MAP] The deepest and oldest lake on Earth, Lake Baikal is reputed to boast some of the clearest and cleanest waters around. To top it all off, the enormous freshwater lake contains more water than all the Great Lakes in North America combined. With so many accolades ...
Political Map of Asia: This is a political map of Asia which shows the countries of Asia along with capital cities, major cities, islands, oceans, seas, and gulfs. The map was created by the Central Intelligence Agency using an azimuthal equal-area projection. Additionally, we have a CIA ...
The falls and the surrounding area form ‘Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park’, which is rated by the Chinese Tourism board as AAAAA, the… Read More Huangguoshu Waterfall Indonesia Bali Bali is a famous Indonesian island located in western Indonesia just a few miles east of Java. Bali ...
The city derives its name from the Swedish name Helsingfors, a combination of two words (Helsinge –the surrounding parish) and (fors –the rapids). There are still many theories surrounding the origin of this name and they could go on and on. Nevertheless, what is important is the fact ...
The Castilian navy, using the Canaries as a base, continually explore the area and discover a new island chain, the closest island is able to be settled and a small settlement springs up on the islands and is built up and styled as a resupply base. (1000 sq km). The population of ...
Lake Baikal, lake located in the southern part of eastern Siberia in Russia. It is the oldest existing freshwater lake on Earth (20 million-25 million years old), as well as the deepest continental body of water, having a maximum depth of 5,315 feet (1,6
Russia contains Europe’s longest river, the Volga, and its largest lake, Ladoga. Russia also is home to the world’s deepest lake, Baikal, and the country recorded the world’s lowest temperature outside the North and South poles. Quick Facts See article: flag of Russia Audio File: ...
Great Lakes, chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-centralNorth AmericacomprisingLakesSuperior,Michigan,Huron,Erie, andOntario. They are one of the great natural features of the continent and of the Earth. AlthoughLake Baikalin Russia has a larger volume of water, the combined area of the Grea...
Although these mountains, which form part of the barrier that encloses Russia on its southern and eastern sides, are of varied geologic origin, they may be considered a single major relief region. The mountain barrier is relatively narrow in the section to the west of Lake Baikal. The Altai...