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Lake Chad (Arabic: بحيرة تشاد, Kanuri: Sádǝ, French: Lac Tchad) is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area of 1 × 10 ^ 6 km 2 (390,000 sq mi). It is an important wetland ecosystem in West-Central Africa.
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Lake Chad, after which the country is named (and which in...
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The Chad Basin is the largest endorheic basin in Africa,...
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Lake Chad is economically important. It provides water to over 68 million people in the four countries surrounding it: Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. It is on the edge of the Sahara Desert. It is the largest lake in the Chad Basin, the largest drainage basin in Africa.
Lake Chad, freshwater lake located in the Sahelian zone of west-central Africa at the conjunction of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. It is situated in an interior basin formerly occupied by a much larger ancient sea that is sometimes called Mega-Chad. Historically, Lake Chad has ranked among.
Nov 27, 2017 · Lake Chad is the principal life source of the Sahel, a semiarid band that spans the width of Africa and separates the Sahara, in the north, from the savanna, in the south. Around a hundred...
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Mar 31, 2018 · 30 March 2018. By Will Ross,BBC Africa regional editor. Getty Images. Lake Chad - a source of water to millions of people in West Africa - has shrunk by nine-tenths due to climate change,...
