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.

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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

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Borno Emirate region Lake Chad basin
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Yobe River partOf Lake Chad basin
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Margi locatedInHistoricalRegion Lake Chad basin
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Shuwa Arabs geographicDistribution Lake Chad basin
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Yunusari locatedInBasin Lake Chad basin
this entity surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Ngadda River mouth Lake Chad basin
Ngadda River partOf Lake Chad basin
this entity surface form: Lake Chad drainage basin
Ngadda River drainageBasin Lake Chad basin