Which place completes this sentence about Lake Bohinj? As found out already by Belsazar Hacquet in the 18th century, much more water leaves Lake ______ than enters it, which is explained with subterranean sources of water.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Bohinj
Lake Bohinj is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia, lying in the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps. In the 18th century Belsazar Hacquet already noticed that far more water leaves Lake Bohinj than flows into it, which is explained by underground sources of water.
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