Lake
Lake Baikal
The deepest of the 204 lakes measured in this atlas.
maximum depth 1,642 m · 1st/204
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 31,722 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one. Computed from the Natural Earth outline: ≈ 32,000 km².
- Maximum depth
- 1,642 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Elevation
- 456 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 636 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 79 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Drainage basin
- 560,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Wikidata
- Q5513
Among the world's lakes
Each line is every one of the lakes in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area31,722 km²6th of 319 · median 536 km²
- Maximum depth1,642 m1st of 204 · median 42 m
- Elevation456 m100th of 333 · median 278 m
- Length636 km2nd of 255 · median 66 km
- Width79 km20th of 221 · median 20 km
- Drainage basin560,000 km²6th of 162 · median 12,298 km²