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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 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 ...
In the northeast of the country, the sandstone Ennedi Massif has been sculpted over time by water and wind erosion into a plateau featuring canyons and valleys that present a spectacular landscape marked by cliffs, natural arches and pitons.
The wildlife of Chad is composed of its flora and fauna. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] West African lions , buffalo , hippopotamuses , Kordofan giraffes , antelopes , African leopards , cheetahs , hyenas , Bush elephants , and many species of snakes are found there, although most large carnivore populations have been drastically reduced since the early 20th century.
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]
Juda'a Guelta, Hasat Qahtan, Saudi Arabia Guelta d'Archei, Ennedi Plateau, Chad A guelta (Arabic: قلتة, also transliterated qalta or galta) is a pocket of water that forms within rock formations in the Sahara Desert and Arabian Desert.
Ennedi-Ouest Region (Arabic: إنيدي الغربية) is one of the twenty-three regions of Chad. It was created in 2012 from the western half of the former Ennedi Region. [2] It appears to cover the same territory as the former Ennedi Ouest Department. [1] The capital of the region is Fada.