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Our planet’s lakes make up a huge freshwater reserve delicately balanced between the water that feeds them and the rivers they feed.
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Season 1

  • Baikal
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    Baikal

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/2015

    In the heart of Siberia, a paradoxical lake defies the usual laws of such bodies of water. It is 25 million years old and getting deeper every day, covering a deep abyss in the Russian landscape. Those who live on its shores revere this exceptional lake, calling it “the Pearl of Siberia."

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Tonle Sap
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    Tonle Sap

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2015

    This lake and river system in Cambodia is unique in the world, and the people residing on its banks live a part aquatic and part terrestrial existence. Fishing, snake hunting and crocodile breeding are part of daily life for the Khmers on the banks of Tonlé Sap.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Lake Nasser
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    Lake Nasser

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/2/2015

    Lake Nasser is the result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam. The consequences, positive and negative, of the existence of this huge reservoir are equally spectacular. Though electricity reaches the smallest Egyptian villages – the Nile Delta, deprived of its silt, is gradually disappearing.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Great Salt Lake
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    The Great Salt Lake

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/3/2015

    The Great Salt Lake in Utah is divided into two parts by a railroad causeway, and each part of the lake has its own unique salinity and eco system. There is actually Lake Snow that falls in the surrounding mountains. Many species depend on this salty body of water for sustenance.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Lencois
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    Lencois

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/2015

    The dunes that stretch as far as the eye can see to the north of São Luís make one think of the Sahara, but the water surrounding the dunes is not a mirage. This is the Lençois Maranhenses National Park, a chain of little-known Brazilian lakes with an amazing ecosystem.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown