Reply #2: Baikal lake in Siberia [View All]

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It holds 20% of the worlds fresh water supply! It alone could supply the world with fresh water for 20 yrs. Its volume would match that of the Baltic sea or the five American great lakes combined! And, it is remarkably pure water.

I'm not trying to underscore your post, but I was just made aware of this recently. A friend, who was a CIA operative in Russia for 20 yrs during the cold war, made me aware of it. I had never even heard of the lake. I Googled it, and found it quite an intersting read.