Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
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Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
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Lake Chad
Lake Chad (french: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the ''Global Resource Information Database'' of the United Nations Environment Programme, ...
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Lake Fianga
Lake Fianga is a lake in Chad and Cameroon. It does not have clearly delineated borders, as it forms the western border of an area of permanent swampland. The lake forms with the seasonal flooding of the Logone River.
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Lake Fitri
Lake Fitri is located in the center of Chad about 300 km east of N’Djamena. The normal size of the lake is about . The size of this lake can triple in wetter years. This freshwater lake is shallow and is fed by seasonal rainfall and run-o ...
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Lake Iro
Iro Lake (french: Lac Iro) is a cyclically occurring lake in the Moyen-Chari Region in southeastern Chad. It is fed in the summer and autumn months from the eastern arm of the Bahr Salamat, which forks seven kilometers southwest of the lake. The l ...
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Lake Katam
The Lake Katam is one of the larger lakes in Ounianga Kebir, a lake system in the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region in the north-east basin of Chad. These lakes are notable for their running in the north–south headlands, by the Trade wind
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Tibesti Soda Lake
Trou au Natron (French: "hole of natron") or ( Teda: "big hole") is a volcanic caldera of the Tibesti Massif in the nation of Chad in Northern Africa. The volcano is extinct. It is unknown when it last erupted. Its volcano number is 0205–01. ...
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Lake Yoa
Lake Yoa is the most famous, and second largest of the Lakes of Ounianga, a series of Lakes in Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region basin of northeastern Chad. It is located in the Ounianga Kebir about 40 km west of Ounianga Sarir. These lakes are ...
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Lake Tréné
Lake Tréné is a small lake located in the Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region of south-western Chad. It is about 6km by 2km and is fed by the Mayo Kébbi
The Mayo Kébbi is a river in Central and West Africa. The river rises in Chad, then flows west i ...
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Léré Lake
Lake Léré is a lake in the Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region in southwestern Chad about 6 km east of the border with Cameroon. It is fed by the Mayo Kébbi that leaves near Léré the smaller Lake Tréné
Lake Tréné is a small lake located in th ...
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Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
Lakes
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...