Which one of the following lakes of West Africa has become dry and tur

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

[amp_mcq option1=”Lake Victoria” option2=”Lake Faguibine” option3=”Lake Oguta” option4=”Lake Volta” correct=”option2″]

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UPSC IAS – 2022

Lake Faguibine in Mali, West Africa, has significantly shrunk and in periods of drought, has effectively dried up and turned into a desert area.

– Lake Faguibine is located north of Timbuktu in Mali. Historically, it was a large lake fed by the Niger River during its annual flood.
– In recent decades, a combination of reduced rainfall in the Niger Basin (drought) and possibly increased upstream water abstraction has led to a dramatic decline in the lake’s water levels.
– The area that was formerly a large lake has largely become desertified, impacting local communities that relied on the lake for fishing and agriculture.

Lake Victoria is in East Africa, Lake Oguta is in Nigeria, and Lake Volta is a man-made lake in Ghana; none of these have dried up and turned into a desert. Lake Chad, located south of the Sahara on the border of Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria, is another major African lake that has shrunk dramatically over the past few decades, but Lake Faguibine is specifically known for turning into a desert area due to drying.

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