Quiz--Lightning

[Gregory Matthews]

What is the location of the place on Earth which has the  most measured lightning?

Clues:

*  If you think it is the Mitumba Mountains in central Africa, you are wrong.  In 2016, scientists determined that another area has more lightning.

*  The answer is the name of a body of water.

* The answer is NOT one of the oceans of the world.

*  The answer is a place where lightning generally flashes every night of the year.

*  The Florida Everglades has more severe thunderstorms, but less frequent than the answer.

Information about lightning which may not be related to the question:

*  Of the 500 spots with the most lightning, more than half are located in Africa.

*  Of the top 30, 24 are located near mountain ranges.

*  Oceanic lightning tends to occur at night.

* Terrestrial lighting tends to happen in the afternoon.

NOTE:  Information for the above came from the December 2016 National Geographic.  That article included information that came from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, (2016).

 

[phkrause]

Would it be Lake Maracaibo?

[Gregory Matthews]

Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela:  Yes.  And you did not cheat and look it up? 

 

[phkrause]

9 hours ago, Gregory Matthews said:

Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela:  Yes.  And you did not cheat and look it up? 

 

OK if you say so!