Lake Baikal Depth: 5,315 feet (1,620 meters)Location: Siberia, RussiaBaikal is the deepest lake in the world and has the largest volume of fresh water, around 5,500 cubic miles (23,000 cubic km).
A World Lakes Conference in Japan’s Otsu put Lake Baikal, along with Lake Okeechobee in the United States (with a depth of three meters), Lake Balaton in Hungary (with a depth of 12 meters ...