The temperature around this body of water can vary up to 39 degrees depending on location and the season.
The temperature around this body of water can vary up to 39 degrees depending on location and the season. A 1990 expedition into it determined that the unlikely amount of biodiversity, including over 1500 native animal species, are a result of hydrothermic vents which lie at the bottom. Over 25 million years old, it contains one-fifth of the world's freshwater reserves and 80 percent of the reserves of the country in which it lies. For 10 points, name this largest lake by volume in Russia and deepest lake in the world.
The temperature around this body of water can vary up to 39 degrees depending on location and the season.
Lake {Baikal}