Chari River
| Mouth of the watercourse | Lake Chad  |
|---|---|
| Tributary | Ouham River, Logone River, Bahr Salamat, Bahr Aouk River, Bragoto River |
| Drainage basin | Chari River Watershed |
| Basin country | Central African Republic, Sudan, Cameroon, Chad |
| Country | Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Far North |
| Coordinate location | 8°34′13″N 19°3′23″E, 12°54′34″N 14°33′54″E |
De Chari River, anaa Shari River, be a 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long river, wey dey flow insyd Central Africa. E be de main source of water of Lake Chad, wich dey locate at de junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, den Cameroon.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]De Chari River dey flow from de Central African Republic thru Chad into Lake Chad, dey follow de Cameroon border from N'Djamena, wer e be joined by ein western den principal tributary, de Logone River.
E dey provide 90 percent of de water wey dey flow into Lake Chad. De watershed of de river dey cover 548,747 square kilometres (211,872 mi2). De principal tributary be de Logone River, while minor tributaries dey include de Bahr Salamat, Bahr Sah, Bahr Aouk den Bahr Kéita.
Much of Chad ein population, wey dey include Sarh den de capital N'Djamena, dey concentrate around am.
As of 2016, Chad remain one of four countries wer Guinea worm disease remain endemic. De majority of remaining cases be concentrated around de Chari River.
De river dey support an important local fishing industry. One of de most highly prized local fish be de Nile perch.
Since de 1960s, der be proposals to divert water from de Ubangi River to de Chari to revitalize Lake Chad, wich go constitute a reversal of de capture of de upper Ubangi from de Chari by de Congo River wey be believed to occur insyd de early Pleistocene.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Na dem say de Sao people live by dis river.[3]
De Chari River basin be populated by diverse speakers of de Chadic languages, Adamawa languages, Ubangian languages, Bongo-Bagirmi languages.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Chari River | river, Africa". Encyclopedia Britannica (in English). Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ↑ See Cooper, John E. and Hull, Gordon; Gorilla Pathology and Health: With a Catalogue of Preserved Materials, p. 371 ISBN 9780128020395
- ↑ Li, Ying; Trillo, E. A.; Murr, L. E. (2000). "Friction-stir welding of aluminum alloy 2024 to silver". Journal of Materials Science Letters. 19 (12): 1047–1051. doi:10.1023/a:1006795221194. ISSN 0261-8028. S2CID 135070501.
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