Protozoa (kingdom Protoctista) A phylum (division) of eukaryotic, single-celled micro-organisms which show a wide variety of forms. The phylum includes some plant-like forms and animal species that are free-living, commensal, mutualistic, and parasitic, and some important disease-causing organisms.
Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia (Asia), is the world's deepest fresh water lake at 1,638 metres deep. It is 636 km long and is the world's sixth largest lake and 1,181 metr â¦ es of it is below sea level. It contains 20% of the world's fresh water which is so clear that divers suffer from vertigo.
Like Lake Tanganyika, Lake Baikal was formed as an ancient rift valley, having the typical long crescent shape with a surface area of 31,722 km2 (12,248 sq mi). Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of which exist nowhere else in the world.