Chad Basin
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Name (Hebrew)
אגן צ'אד
Name (Latin)
Chad Basin
Other forms of name
Bassin Tchadien
Coordinates
18 18 16.5 16.5 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Basins (Geology) Africa
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q575245
Library of congress:
sh 88001590
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Tillet, T. Le paleolithique du Bassin Tchadien ... 1983:map, p. 12 (shows Chad Basin occupying Chad, Cameroon, Libya, Niger and Nigeria)
- Web. geog.:p. 238.
Wikipedia description:
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 basin spans four modern nations, including most of Chad and a large part of Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon. A combination of dams, increased irrigation, climate change, and reduced rainfall are causing water shortages. Lake Chad continues to shrink.
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