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Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is the world's oldest and deepest lake at 30 million years old and with an average depth of 744.4 metres, located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the south east, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water. Lake Baikal

Valley of the Geysers

The Valley of Geysers is a geyser field in Russia, and has the second largest concentration of geysers in the world. This 6 km long basin with approximately ninety geysers and many hot springs is situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, predominantly on the left bank of the ever-deepening Geysernaya River, into which geothermal waters flow from a relatively young stratovolcano, Kikhpinych. Valley of the Geysers