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The world's largest freshwater lake is shrinking - Lake Baikal

17 Mar 2015 | by businessinsider.com.au
Lake Baikal - In Russia’s Siberian south, near the border of Mongolia, the world’s largest freshwater lake is shrinking.

The surrounding communities depend on Lake Baikal, which contains about one-fifth of the earth’s unfrozen freshwater reserves, for their power, water and livelihoods.