Lake Baikal, located in southeast Siberia. The lake is the deepest fresh water body of water on our planet. The lake is also known for its water clarity, but mainly for its extreme depths. The water is rising 0.8 inches a year and in the future might become a major ocean. It is so big that the locals refer to it as a sea. The lake is considered one of Russia’s numerous holy places. People have been known to pray to the lake an believe in its powers.
average depth of 744.4 meters.
1,642 meters Lake Baikal is the deepest and among the clearest of all lakes in the world. a little bit of tourism it has a few hotels on the shore line but it was declared an environmental zone.