Lake Chad Latest News
At least 23 Chadian soldiers have been killed and 26 injured in a Boko Haram attack on a military post in Chad’s Lake Chad region recently.
About Lake Chad
- It is a freshwater lake in the semi-arid Sahel region west-central Africa.
- It is located in western Chad, with some of its parts extending into Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger.
- Lake Chad was once the sixth largest lake in the world, but prolonged drought and increased water use have shrunk the lake dramatically. It now spans less than a tenth of the area it covered in the 1960s.
- The lake is endorheic (no outlet to the sea).
- The 1,400-km-long Chari River is the main river feeding into the lake. It accounts for up to 90% of Lake Chad’s water.
- The lake is shallow, with depth usually less than 10 meters.
- Chad has several small islands, mud banks, and reed beds, which take up half of its area.
- Around the lake, sand deserts and water meet in a complex network of meanders, which are sometimes cultivated.
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