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2013 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
7. Chad
verfasst von : C. J. Campbell
Erschienen in: Campbell's Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion
Verlag: Springer New York
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Abstract
Chad is a landlocked country, covering some 1.2 million km 2 in the heart of Africa. In physiographic terms, it forms a large basin between the Tibesti Massif to the north, rising to over 3,000 m,and high plateaux to the south and east. Lake Chad, in the southwest, is a prominent feature. In the past, it was much larger than at present, being over 150 m deep, and draining over impressive falls into the Benue River, which runs westward to the Atlantic.Today, its level fl uctuates greatly with climatic changes, and it almost dried up in droughts during the 1970s and 1980s.The population of 11.5 million comprises many different tribal groups of mixed African and Arabic origins, speaking a range of local languages.