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The Chari or Shari River is a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa
Central Africa

Central Africa is a core region of the African continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
. It flows from the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
 through Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
 into Lake Chad
Lake Chad

Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow lake in Africa, whose size has varied greatly over the centuries. It is economically very important, providing water to more than 20 million people living in the four countries which surround it — Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria....
, following the Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....
 border from N'Djamena
N'Djamena

N'Djamena , population 721,000 , is the Capital city of Chad. It is also the largest city in the country. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kouss?ri, to which the city is connected by a bridge....
, where it joins the Logone River waters.

Much of Chad's population, including Sarh
Sarh

Sarh is the third largest city in Chad, after N'Djamena and Moundou. It is the capital of Moyen-Chari Region regions of Chad and the department of Barh K?h....
 and the capital N'Djamena
N'Djamena

N'Djamena , population 721,000 , is the Capital city of Chad. It is also the largest city in the country. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kouss?ri, to which the city is connected by a bridge....
, is concentrated around it.






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The Chari or Shari River is a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa
Central Africa

Central Africa is a core region of the African continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
. It flows from the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
 through Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
 into Lake Chad
Lake Chad

Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow lake in Africa, whose size has varied greatly over the centuries. It is economically very important, providing water to more than 20 million people living in the four countries which surround it — Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria....
, following the Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....
 border from N'Djamena
N'Djamena

N'Djamena , population 721,000 , is the Capital city of Chad. It is also the largest city in the country. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kouss?ri, to which the city is connected by a bridge....
, where it joins the Logone River waters.

Much of Chad's population, including Sarh
Sarh

Sarh is the third largest city in Chad, after N'Djamena and Moundou. It is the capital of Moyen-Chari Region regions of Chad and the department of Barh K?h....
 and the capital N'Djamena
N'Djamena

N'Djamena , population 721,000 , is the Capital city of Chad. It is also the largest city in the country. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kouss?ri, to which the city is connected by a bridge....
, is concentrated around it. It provides 90% of the water flowing into Lake Chad
Lake Chad

Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow lake in Africa, whose size has varied greatly over the centuries. It is economically very important, providing water to more than 20 million people living in the four countries which surround it — Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria....
. The watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
 of the river covers 548,747 km².

The principal tributary is the Logone River, while minor tributaries are the Bahr Salamat
Bahr Salamat

Bahr Salamat is an intermittent river in Chad. It flows south into the Chari River. The river flows, when it does, through the community of Am Timan and through the a protected area, the Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve....
, the Bahr Sarh, the Bahr Aouk and the Bahr Keïta.

The river supports an important local fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
ing industry. One of the most highly prized local fishes is the Nile Perch
Nile perch

The Nile perch is a species of freshwaterfish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. It is widespread throughout muchof the Afrotropic ecozone, being native to the Congo River, Nile River, Senegal River, Niger River, and Lake Chad, Volta, Lake Turkana and other river basins....
.

See also

  • Chari-Nile languages
    Chari-Nile languages

    Chari-Nile is a now obsolete name for a subset of the Nilo-Saharan languages language family. The name was introduced by Joseph Greenberg in his 1955 Studies in African linguistic classification....
  • Oubangui-Chari
    Oubangui-Chari

    Oubangui-Chari, or Ubangi-Shari, was a France territory in central Africa which later became the independent country of the Central African Republic on August 13, 1960....
  • Chari-Baguirmi Region
    Chari-Baguirmi Region

    Chari-Baguirmi is one of the regions of Chad of Chad and its capital is Massenya. It is composed by part of the former Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture ....
  • Moyen-Chari Region
    Moyen-Chari Region

    Moyen-Chari is one of the regions of Chad of Chad and its capital is Sarh. Its main ethnic group are the Sara people. Its economy is based on subsistence agriculture, breeding, cotton and sugarcane....


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