Chad country profile

Lead Author: Maggie Surface (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou (other articles)
Last Updated: June 3, 2008

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Source: CIA

The available environmental resources in Breidjing refugee camp in eastern Chad have been under tremendous strain from overcrowding (2004). (Source: J. Clark/UNHCR)
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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/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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Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Chad country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 3, 2008; Retrieved November 7, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Chad_country_profile>
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