Q23. 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
- Lake Faguibine in northern Mali is dry and has been since the 1970s. The lake was once one of the largest in West Africa and used to be fed by annual flooding from the Niger River The Lake Faguibine System, four interlinked lakes 80 km west of Timbuktu, was historically one of Mali’s most fertile areas. But over seven years, droughts in the 1970s dried up the lakes. Then sand filled the channels connecting the lakes to the river Niger, with the result that when rain finally returned, the water could no longer reach the lakes. The region’s prosperity evaporated along with the water.
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