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Mountain Systems
TheHimalaya
mountainsextend
for about 2,500
kilometers (1,550
miles), separating
theIndian
subcontinentfrom
the rest of Asia.
Plateaus
Freshwater
Lake Baikal, located in southern Russia, is the
deepestlakein the world, reaching a depth of
1,620 meters (5,315 feet). The lake contains 20
percent of the worlds unfrozenfreshwater,
making it the largestreservoiron Earth. It is also
the worlds oldest lake, at 25 million years old.
Saltwater
Reference
http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyc
lopedia/asia/