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

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

(a)

Lake Victoria

(b)

Lake Faguibine

(c)

Lake Oguta

(d)

Lake Volta

Answer:

(b)

Factual

Non-traditional

Explanation

Option (b) is correct: Starting in the late 1980s, reduction in precipitation steadily dried the lake Faguibine in Mali. Even though normal rainfall resumed after the year 2000, the lake remained nearly dry as per NASA Satellite images.