UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2022

Which one of the following lakes of West Africa has become dry and turned into a desert?

  1. Lake Victoria
  2. Lake Faguibine
  3. Lake Oguta
  4. Lake Volta

Answer

Correct Answer

Lake Faguibine

Explanation

Lake Faguibine in northern Mali, once fed by the Niger River's annual flooding, has dried up since the droughts of the 1970s and largely turned into desert.

Topics: african geography, desertification, geography, lake faguibine