Lake Chad basin
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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.
Aliases (3)
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
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geographical region → inland basin → |
| area |
approximately 2,500,000 square kilometers
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| biodiversity |
Sahelian savanna fauna
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migratory waterfowl → wetland birds → |
| borderRegionOf |
Sahara Desert
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Sahel → |
| climate |
Sahelian
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Sudano-Sahelian → semi-arid → |
| contains |
Lake Chad
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| country |
Cameroon
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Chad → Niger → Nigeria → |
| drainedBy |
Chari River
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Komadougou Yobe River → Logone River → |
| ecoregion |
Lake Chad flooded savanna
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Sahelian Acacia savanna → |
| endoreic |
true
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| ethnicGroups |
Buduma
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Fulani → Hausa → Kanuri → Kotoko → |
| governedBy |
Lake Chad Basin Commission
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| hasCenter |
Lake Chad
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| hasFeature |
inland delta and wetlands
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oases and dune systems → seasonal floodplains → |
| hydrologicalSystem |
Lake Chad drainage system
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| issue |
conflict over natural resources
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desertification → food insecurity → lake shrinkage → land degradation → water scarcity → |
| LCBCMembers |
Cameroon
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Central African Republic → Chad → Libya → Niger → Nigeria → |
| locatedIn |
north-central Africa
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| mainInflow |
Chari-Logone river system
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| outletToSea |
none
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| partlyIn |
Algeria
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Central African Republic → Libya → Republic of the Congo → South Sudan → Sudan → |
| population |
tens of millions of people
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| securityIssue |
insurgency in surrounding regions
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| supports |
fishing
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irrigated agriculture → pastoralism → rainfed agriculture → |
| transboundary |
true
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| UNRegion |
Sub-Saharan Africa
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| waterSource |
river inflows
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seasonal rainfall → |
| waterUse |
domestic consumption
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irrigation → livestock watering → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Central African Republic
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drainageBasin |
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Nilo-Saharan languages
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geographicRange |
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Borno State
("Lake Chad Basin")
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hasGeographicFeature |
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Lake Chad Basin
("Lake Chad drainage system")
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hydrologicalSystem |
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Boko Haram insurgency
("Lake Chad Basin")
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location |
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Kanuri
("Lake Chad Basin")
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primaryRegion |
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Bornu Empire
("Lake Chad region")
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region |
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Chadian Arabic
("Lake Chad region")
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regionOfOrigin |
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Chadic languages
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spokenInRegion |