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Chad country profile

Chad country profile

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Updated: June 3, 2008, 8:30 pm
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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

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The available environmental resources in Breidjing refugee camp in eastern Chad have been under tremendous strain from overcrowding (2004). (Source: J. Clark/<a href='http://www.unhcr.org/' class='external text' title='http://www.unhcr.org/' rel='nofollow'>UNHCR</a>) The available environmental resources in Breidjing refugee camp in eastern Chad have been under tremendous strain from overcrowding (2004). (Source: J. Clark/UNHCR)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Chad
  3. Energy in Chad and Cameroon
  4. Human Development Index
  5. Ecoregions:
    1. East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
    2. Lake Chad flooded savanna
    3. Sahara desert
    4. Sahelian Acacia savanna
    5. South Saharan steppe and woodlands
    6. Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands

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Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "Chad country profile". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 3, 2008; Last revised Date June 3, 2008; Retrieved May 26, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Chad_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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