what is the region of lake baikal?
Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia (Asia), is the world's deepest fresh water lake at 1,638 metres deep. It is 636 km long and is the world's sixth largest lake and 1,181 metr â¦ es of it is below sea level. It contains 20% of the world's fresh water which is so clear that divers suffer from vertigo.