Q. Which of the following Asian lakes are endorheic?
Sawa lake
Milh lake
Tharthar lake
Balkhash lake
Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Answer:
Only 1 & 4
Notes:
Sawa Lake is an endorheic basin located in Iraq near to the Euphrates River. The lake has no inlet or outlet, but it draws water from the Euphrates through a system of joint cracks and fissures which transport water to aquifers beneath it.
Razzaza Lake, also known as Lake Milh, Arabic for Salt Lake, is located between Iraq’s governorates of Anbar and Karbala. It’s the second largest lake in Iraq after Lake Tharthar.
Lake Tharthar and known in Iraq as Buhayrat ath-Tharthar is an artificial lake opened in 1956, situated between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
Lake Balkhash is one of the largest lakes in Asia and 15th largest in the world. It is in the east of Central Asia in southeastern Kazakhstan and sits in an endorheic basin.