Lake Chad
lake in Africa
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Summary
Lake Chad is an endorheic lake[1]. It draws 5,427 Wikipedia views per month (endorheic lake category, ranking #4 of 19).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Far North[3]
- Country: Chad[4], Cameroon[5], Nigeria[6], Niger[7]
- Instance of: aeolian lake[8]
- Inflows: Chari River[9], Logone River[10], Yobe River[11], Ngadda River[12]
- Commons category: Lake Chad[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Chad[15]
- Commons gallery: Lake Chad[16]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20], Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band[21]
- Heritage designation: Ramsar site[22], Tentative World Heritage Site[23]
- Elevation above sea level: 100 m[24]
- Area: 1540 km²[25]
- Watershed area: 2,381,635 km²[26]
- Volume as quantity: 6.3 cubic kilometre[27]
- Perimeter: 650 km[28]
- World Heritage criteria: (v)[29], (x)[30], (vii)[31], (ii)[32], (iii)[33], (ix)[34]
- Vertical depth: 10.5 m[35]
- Drainage basin: Chad Basin[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lake Chad[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Chad include Chad[39], a sovereign state[40], in Chad[41], founded in 1960[42]; Mega-Chad[43], a paleolake[44]; and it[45], a lake[46].
Why It Matters
Lake Chad has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for it include Chad[39], a sovereign state[40], in Chad[41], founded in 1960[42]; Mega-Chad[43], a paleolake[44]; and it[45], a lake[46].