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.
Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest lake in the world. It is also the largest (by volume) freshwater lake on Earth. It contains over 20% of the world's liquid fresh surface water and more than 90% of Russia's liquid fresh surface water.