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The country's topography is generally flat,<ref name="Leonard 2005"/> with the elevation gradually rising as one moves north and east away from [[Lake Chad]]. The highest point in Chad is [[Emi Koussi]], a mountain that rises {{convert|3100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the northern [[Tibesti Mountains]]. The [[Ennedi Plateau]] and the [[Ouaddaï highlands]] in the east complete the image of a gradually sloping basin, which descends towards Lake Chad. There are also central highlands in the Guera region rising to {{convert|1500|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. | The country's topography is generally flat,<ref name="Leonard 2005"/> with the elevation gradually rising as one moves north and east away from [[Lake Chad]]. The highest point in Chad is [[Emi Koussi]], a mountain that rises {{convert|3100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the northern [[Tibesti Mountains]]. The [[Ennedi Plateau]] and the [[Ouaddaï highlands]] in the east complete the image of a gradually sloping basin, which descends towards Lake Chad. There are also central highlands in the Guera region rising to {{convert|1500|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. | ||
[[Lake Chad]] is the second largest lake in west Africa<ref>{{cite book | last=Mueckenheim | first=J.K. | title=Countries of the World & Their Leaders Yearbook 08 | publisher=Thomson Gale | series=Gale virtual reference library | issue=v. 1 | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-7876-8107-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=acAwAQAAMAAJ | access-date=12 September 2019 | page=390}}</ref> and is one of the most important wetlands on the continent.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lake Chad fishermen pack up their nets | work=[[BBC News]] | date=15 January 2007 | url= | [[Lake Chad]] is the second largest lake in west Africa<ref>{{cite book | last=Mueckenheim | first=J.K. | title=Countries of the World & Their Leaders Yearbook 08 | publisher=Thomson Gale | series=Gale virtual reference library | issue=v. 1 | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-7876-8107-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=acAwAQAAMAAJ | access-date=12 September 2019 | page=390}}</ref> and is one of the most important wetlands on the continent.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lake Chad fishermen pack up their nets | work=[[BBC News]] | date=15 January 2007 | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6261447.stm | access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> Home to 120 species of fish and at least that many species of birds, the lake has shrunk dramatically in the last four decades due to increased water usage from an [[Human overpopulation|expanding population]] and low rainfall. Bordered by Chad, [[Niger]], [[Nigeria]], and [[Cameroon]], Lake Chad currently covers only 1,350 square kilometers, down from 25,000 square kilometers in 1963. The Chari and Logone Rivers, both of which originate in the Central African Republic and flow northward, provide most of the surface water entering Lake Chad. Chad is also next to Niger. | ||
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| access-date = June 24, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Annales de Géographie]]''<ref name="annals">{{cite journal|title= Le Borkou. Aspects d'un modèle éolien|journal= [[Annales de Géographie]]|year=1968|first=Monique|last=Mainguet|volume=77|issue=421|pages=296–322|doi= 10.3406/geo.1968.15662|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geo_0003-4010_1968_num_77_421_15662|language=fr}}</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT000120 | | access-date = June 24, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Annales de Géographie]]''<ref name="annals">{{cite journal|title= Le Borkou. Aspects d'un modèle éolien|journal= [[Annales de Géographie]]|year=1968|first=Monique|last=Mainguet|volume=77|issue=421|pages=296–322|doi= 10.3406/geo.1968.15662|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geo_0003-4010_1968_num_77_421_15662|language=fr}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050526093442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT000120 bbc.co.uk] </ref> | ||
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