Lake Baikal stunning place in Rusia

Lake Baikal is a freshwater lake that is one of the oldest on Earth 25 million years, as well as the deepest continental body of water, has a maximum depth of 5,315 feet (1,620 meters). Lake Baikal is located in the southern part of the Buryatia Republic in Eastern Siberia and Irkutsk oblast, Russia. Baikal is surrounded by mountains, some of which are as high as more than 6,600 feet (2,000 meters) above the surface of the Lake. the length of the Lake Baikal 395 miles (636 km) wide and averages 30 miles (48 km). Baikal contains some 45 of the island. ; the earthquake occurred in 1862 and spent approximately 77 square miles (200 square miles) in the North of the Selenga delta, creating a new Gulf known as the Gulf of Baikal Proval. It is also the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, which contains about one-fifth of fresh water on the Earth's surface, some 5,500 cubic miles (23,000 cubic km). Flowing into Lake Baikal is more than 330 rivers and streams, the largest include the Selenga, Barguzin, upper Angara (Verkhnyaya), Chikoy, and Uda. It has steep slopes on the West Coast and the slopes gently to the East.