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

1. A

   Lake Victoria

   Lake Victoria. Still Africa’s largest freshwater lake.

2. B

   Lake Faguibine

   Lake Faguibine. A shrinking Malian Sahel lake; not the keyed option.

3. C

   Lake Oguta

   Lake Oguta. The West African lake keyed as having dried into desert in this paper.

4. D

   Lake Volta

   Lake Volta. A large Ghanaian reservoir, still in water.

Summary. Official key is (c) Lake Oguta. Among the four West African names, the Commission keys Oguta as the lake that has gone dry and turned to desert. Victoria and Volta remain major water bodies; Faguibine is the neighbouring Sahel shrinkage story.