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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 in excess of 1,000,000 km 2 (390,000 sq mi). It is an important wetland ecosystem in West ...
The Chad Basin is the largest endorheic basin in Africa, centered approximately on Lake Chad. It has no outlet to the sea and contains large areas of semi-arid desert and savanna . The drainage basin is approximately coterminous with the sedimentary basin of the same name, but extends further to the northeast and east.
The seventh largest lake in the world (and the fourth largest in Africa), Lake Chad is located in the sahelian zone, a region just south of the Sahara Desert. [6] The Chari River contributes 95 percent of Lake Chad's water, an average annual volume of 40 billion cubic meters, 95% of which is lost to evaporation. [6]
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The region is dominated geographically by Lake Chad, a seasonally fluctuating lake of major importance in this part of Africa. [3] The region receives an annual rainfall of 744 mm (29.3 in) and has various vegetation zones.
But those who make the journey to the lake’s most famous site, Khetsuu Khad, are met with other-worldly scenes. One of Mongolia’s best-kept secrets looks more like Greece than a remote lake in ...
Chad is divided into three major geographical regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanese savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in Chad and the second largest in Africa.
Lake Wey, [1] [2] also spelt Lake Ouei, [3] [4] Lake Oueye [5] or Lake We, [6] is a lake in southern Chad. It lies adjacent to Moundou, the second-largest city in Chad, to its southwest [7] and lies just north of the Mbéré River (a tributary of the Western Logone). The lake is located in the Lac Wey department of the Logone Occidental region ...