A Chronology of Change: Natural and Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Lake Chad

A Chronology of Change: Natural and Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Lake Chad

Straddling the borders of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon in West Africa, Lake Chad has been a source of freshwater for irrigation projects in all these countries. This graphic traces the shrinkage of Lake Chad and changes in vegetation from 1963 to 2001. It includes maps of the lake from 1963, 1973, 1987, 1997 and…

  • Produced by:
    Cartografare il Presente/Nieves Izquierdo
  • Year:
    01/05/2005

A Chronology of Change: Natural and Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Lake Chad

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