Consider the following water bodies: I. Lake Tanganyika II. Lake Tonle Sap III. Patos Lagoon. Through how…

Consider the following water bodies: I. Lake Tanganyika II. Lake Tonle Sap III. Patos Lagoon. Through how many of them does the equator pass?
  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All the three
  4. None

Solution

Lake Tanganyika lies south of the equator (3°-9° S), Tonle Sap is in Cambodia (~13° N), and Patos Lagoon is in Brazil (~30° S). The equator passes through none of them.

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2025

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