Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The absolute highest waterbody on Earth, irrespective of surface area footprint, is the crater lake of the Ojos del Salado volcano in the Andes.
2.Pumoyong Tso, located within the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is recognized as the highest massive large-scale lake globally.
3.Lake Titicaca, straddling the border of Peru and Bolivia, is classified as the world’s highest commercially navigable lake.
4.Dead Sea represents the lowest continental land elevation and functions as the lowest brackish lake system on Earth.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1 is correct: Ojos del Salado hosts a small permanent volcanic crater lake at 6,390 meters above sea level, making it the highest water body on Earth.
- Statement 2 is correct: Pumoyong Tso sits at an extreme elevation of 5,018 meters above sea level in Tibet, qualifying it as the highest among the world’s large-scale lakes.
- Statement 3 is correct: Lake Titicaca sits at 3,812 meters elevation. It handles major commercial vessel navigation and stands as the largest freshwater lake in South America by volume.
- Statement 4 is incorrect: While the Dead Sea is the lowest lake on Earth (~418 meters below sea level), it is a hyper-saline terminal salt lake.
