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Being on the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert in north-central Africa, Lake Chad extends over the territories of four countries: Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon. Owing to the supply of river water from the highlands to the south, it remains a freshwater lake under the prevailing arid climate.
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www.ilec.or.jp/database/afr/afr-02.html
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Lake Chad, once one of the African continent's largest bodies of fresh water, has dramatically decreased in size due to climate change and human demand for water. Once a great lake close in surface area to North America's Lake Erie, Lake Chad is now a ghost of its former self.
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www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/environ/lakechad/chad.htm
www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/environ/lakechad/chad.htm
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Lake Chad, once one of the African continent's largest bodies of fresh water, has dramatically decreased in size due to climate change and human demand for water. Once a great lake close in surface area to North America's Lake Erie, Lake Chad is now a ghost of its former self.
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www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20010227lakechad.html
www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20010227lakechad.html
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From the U.S. Geological Survey. 1963-1997 satellite images of shrinking Lake Chad. ... These images show the dramatic decline of Lake Chad, in West Africa. Lake Chad was once the sixth-largest lake in the world, but persistent drought since the 1960s has reduced it to about a tenth its former size.
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earthshots.usgs.gov/LakeChad/LakeChad
earthshots.usgs.gov/LakeChad/LakeChad
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Lake Chad, once one of the world’s largest water bodies, could disappear in 20 years due to climate change and population pressures, resulting in a humanitarian disaster in central Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.
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www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32555
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Lake Chad is the fourth largest lake in Africa and is located in the Sahel zone of west-central Africa between Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. The surface area of the lake depends on the water level.
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library.thinkquest.org/16645/the_land/lake_chad.shtml
library.thinkquest.org/16645/the_land/lake_chad.shtml
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Lake Chad summary with 3 pages of encyclopedia entries, essays, summaries, research information, and more. ... Lake Chad (in French: Lac Tchad) 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...
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www.bookrags.com/Lake_Chad
www.bookrags.com/Lake_Chad
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In a study of Lake Chad in Africa, two scientists have concluded that human activities—not natural changes over millennia—are the biggest factor in the lake's demise. ... Lake Chad, once one of Africa's largest freshwater lakes, has shrunk dramatically in the last 40 years. Two researchers from the University...
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news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/04/0426_lakechads...
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/04/0426_lakechadshrinks.html
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