List of lakes in Chad
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Lakes in, or bordered by the African country of Chad
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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...
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- Lake ChadLake ChadLake Chad is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Africa, whose size has varied over the centuries. According to the Global Resource Information Database of the United Nations Environment Programme, it shrank as much as 95% from about 1963 to 1998; yet it also states that "the 2007 ...
- Lake FiangaLake FiangaLake 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....
- Lake FitriLake FitriLake Fitri is located in the center of Chad about 300 km east of N’Djamena. The normal size of the lake is about 50,000 hectacre. The size of this lake can triple in wetter years. This freshwater lake is shallow and is fed by seasonal rainfall and run-off from a catchment area estimated at 70,000 km²...
- Lake Iro
- Lake KatamLake KatamThe Lake Katam is one of the larger lakes in Ounianga Kebir, a lake system in the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region in north-east basin of the Chad. These lakes are notable for their running in the north-south headlands, by the Trade wind are formed. They are the remnant of a much larger lake, that...
- Lake N’Gara
- Tibesti Soda LakeTibesti Soda LakeTibesti Soda Lake is a highly saline, soda-type lake in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad....
- Lake Tikem
- Lake YoaLake YoaLake Yoa is the most famous, and second largest of a series of Lakes in Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region basin of northeastern Chad. It is locaded in the Ounianga Kebir about 40km west of Ounianga Sarir. These lakes are remnants of a much larger lake which occupied this basin during the African Humid...
- Lake Tréné
- Léré LakeLéré LakeLake Léré is a lake in the Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region in southwestern Chad about 6 km east of the border with Cameroon. It is feded by the Mayo Kébbi that leaves near Léré the smaller Lake Tréné....
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- http://www.iucn.org/themes/wetlands/africandirectory.htm