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Lake Baykal, and Baykal rift, Russia: Lake Baykal, the largest freshwater lake in the world (30,500 sq km in area; 1741 m deep), stretches beneath the International Space Station in this westward view. At the southwest end of the lake, the university city of Irkutsk occupies the end of a narrow bay on the northern coast. Academician Ridge extends northeastward into the lake. The lake fills most of the Baykal rift which, like the Rio Grande rift of southwestern North America, began opening about 28 million years ago; some segments are still active. Hot springs rise and enter the lake along the faults that bound Academician Ridge, and million-year-old volcanic vents (Tunka, Khamar Daban) have constructed the highlands at the southwest end of the rift.

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