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Landsat 8 image of Gweni-Fada crater in the Ennedi Plateau. The Ennedi Plateau is located in the northeast of Chad, in the regions of Ennedi-Ouest and Ennedi-Est.It is considered a part of the group of mountains known as the Ennedi Massif found in Chad, which is one of the nine countries that make up the Sahelian belt that spans the Atlantic Ocean to Sudan.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Chad accepted the convention
The Guelta d'Archei is one of the most famous gueltas in the Sahara.It is located in the Ennedi Plateau, in north-eastern Chad, south-east of the town of Fada.The Guelta d'Archei is inhabited by several kinds of animals, most notably the West African crocodile (Crocodylus suchus; until recently thought to be a synonym for the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti).
Gweni-Fada is a meteorite crater in the Ennedi Plateau, Chad. [1] [2] The Gweni Fada structure was first noted on the map NE 34 X Fada of the IGN (National Geographic Institute France) and aerial photographs in the 1950s of IGN by Alain Beauvilain (Paris X- Nanterre University). In April 1995, at the initiative of CNAR (National Center to Help ...
Fada (Arabic: فادا) is the capital of the Ennedi-Ouest Region of Chad, which was created in 2012 from the western half of the Ennedi Region. [1]Lying in the Ennedi Plateau, it has a population of 23,786 (as of December 2005).
Chad's Ennedi Plateau, located within the Sahara Desert in the northeast part of the country near Libya and Sudan has a geology similar to the Colorado Plateau and has produced a number of natural arches and similar landforms, although only Aloba can claim to be on the top ten list of longest arches in the world. [1]
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The Lakes of Ounianga (French: Lacs d'Ounianga, Arabic: بحيرات أونيانجا, romanized: Buḥayrāt ʾUniyāngā) are a series of lakes in the Sahara Desert, in North-Eastern Chad, occupying a basin in the mountains of West Tibesti and Ennedi East. It was added as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012. [2]