Lake Chad basin

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drainage basin geographical region inland basin

The Lake Chad basin is a large, landlocked drainage region in north-central Africa encompassing parts of Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and surrounding countries, centered around Lake Chad and its river systems.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Lake Chad Basin 24
Lake Chad region 14
Lake Chad basin canonical 10

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
inland basin ⓘ
area approximately 2,500,000 square kilometers ⓘ
biodiversity Sahelian savanna fauna ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ
wetland birds ⓘ
borderRegionOf Sahara Desert ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
climate Sahelian ⓘ
Sudano-Sahelian ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
contains Lake Chad ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
drainedBy Chari River ⓘ
Logone River ⓘ
surface form: Komadougou Yobe River

Logone River ⓘ
ecoregion Lake Chad flooded savanna ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahelian Acacia savanna
endoreic true ⓘ
ethnicGroups Buduma ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
Hausa people ⓘ
surface form: Hausa

Kanuri people ⓘ
surface form: Kanuri

Kotoko ⓘ
governedBy Lake Chad Basin Commission ⓘ
hasCenter Lake Chad ⓘ
hasFeature inland delta and wetlands ⓘ
oases and dune systems ⓘ
seasonal floodplains ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem Lake Chad basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Chad drainage system
issue conflict over natural resources ⓘ
desertification ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
lake shrinkage ⓘ
land degradation ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
LCBCMembers Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
locatedIn north-central Africa ⓘ
mainInflow Logone River ⓘ
surface form: Chari-Logone river system
outletToSea none ⓘ
partlyIn Algeria ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
population tens of millions of people ⓘ
securityIssue insurgency in surrounding regions ⓘ
supports fishing ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
rainfed agriculture ⓘ
transboundary true ⓘ
UNRegion Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
waterSource river inflows ⓘ
seasonal rainfall ⓘ
waterUse domestic consumption ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilo-Saharan languages → geographicRange → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Kanuri → primaryRegion → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Lake Chad basin → hydrologicalSystem → Lake Chad basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
this entity surface form: Lake Chad drainage system
Chadian Arabic → regionOfOrigin → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Boko Haram insurgency → location → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Bornu Empire → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Central African Republic → drainageBasin → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Borno State → hasGeographicFeature → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Chadic languages → spokenInRegion → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
N'Djamena → locatedInBasin → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chari-Logone basin
Lake Chad → locatedIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chad Basin
Lake Chad → locatedIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Logone River → partOfDrainageBasin → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Logone River → locatedIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chad Basin
Chari River → drainageBasin → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Nigerien security forces → areaOfOperation → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Islamic State – West Africa Province → regionOfOperation → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Islam in Lake Chad region → coreArea → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Kukawa → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Ngazargamu → locatedIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Niger Armed Forces → operatesIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Kanuri people → traditionalRegion → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Kanem Empire → coreArea → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Saharan languages → historicalRegion → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Bornu → locatedIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Mai → hasDomain → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Mai → usedIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Mai → exercisesAuthorityOver → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Shehu of Borno → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Nile perch → nativeTo → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Kenga language → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Chad
Kotoko → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Kotoko → partOf → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad cultural area
Buduma → culturalArea → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Lake Chad Basin Commission → regionServed → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Laka language → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Shua Arabic → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Boko Haram → activeIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Boko Haram → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Baga massacre → relatedPlace → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Bama massacre → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Multinational Joint Task Force → operatesIn → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin region
Sayfawa dynasty → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Mai Ali Gaji → regionGoverned → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
Mai Ali Gaji → geopoliticalContext → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Idris Alooma → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Mai Idris Alooma → region → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad region
University of Maiduguri → regionServed → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital → regionServed → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin area
Monguno → partOf → Lake Chad basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin region