Question

How old are Lake Baikal and Lake Tanganyika estimated to be?

• A. One million years old
• B. Ten million years old
• C. Twenty million years old
• D. Fifty million years old

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Twenty million years old

• Lake Baikal in Russia and Lake Tanganya nitia in Africa are ancient and are estimated to have originated twenty million years ago.

• Lakes arise in several ways, like the tectonic lakes, are formed in basins created by geological activities such as warping and faulting of the earth's crust

• Most of the Himalayan lakes are tectonic in origin.