Lake Chad Watershed
Libya
Egypt
Algeria
Mali
Niger
Chad
Sudan
#
#
#
T
$
Benin
Togo
Nigeria
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Gulf of Guinea
Watershed
#
T
$
200
Cities (population > 100,000)
0
200
400
600
800
Kilometers
Ramsar Sites
Political Boundaries (Intl.)
Political Boundaries (Natl.)
Rivers
Modified Landscape
Basin area:
2,497,918 km²
Forest:
0%
Population density:
11 people per km²
Cropland:
3%
Urban growth rate:
4.7%
Cropland irrigated:
0%
Large cities:
3
Developed:
< 1%
Total fish species:
93 (Lake Chad only)
Shrub:
4%
Fish endemics:
9 (Lake Chad only)
Grassland:
42%
Threatened fish species:
0 (Lake Chad only)
Barren:
52%
Endemic bird areas:
0
Loss of original forest:
100%
Ramsar sites:
1
Deforestation rate:
2%
Protected areas:
10%
Eroded area:
2%
Wetlands:
8%
Large dams:
0
Arid:
83%
Planned major dams:
-
Land Cover Within 5 km of Major Rivers
Percent
80
60
40
20
0
Crop
Developed
Forest
2 - 16
Shrubland
Grassland
Barren
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