Question by madhu: Is there sufficient water in Lake Baikal in Russia to feed the whole 6 billion population on earth?
Lake Baikal in Russia is the biggest sweet water lake on earth. If that is the case, I am just wondering, is it provides enough water for the demand of whole 6 billion population on earth. Please , I need the answer from those who really know about.
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Answer by Leandro
The issue is russia, the whole 6 billion population is not the problem
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Roger K says
Lake Baikal and the US/Canadian Great Lakes together account for more than 40% of all of the fresh surface water (roughly 20% each – but estimates vary for each).
Whether or not either or both of those lakes contain enough water for the entire world's population is not a particularly useful question. There is no way to distribute that water around the world. The resources used to build pipelines through or Asia and Europe or the energy used to ship it like oil would be unsustainable.
As you drained a lake system, you would create an entirely new set of environmental disasters.
Sidd Gau says
Yeah sure Not only for Russia
The water in the Baikal enough for whole asian countries……
tsr21 says
Volume of water is estimated at over 20,000 cubic kilometers. That's 20 billion cubic metres. That's way more than enough drinking water for the whole of earth's population for 1000 years.