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Lake Mega-Chad (Springtime of Nations)
Lake type
Endorheic
Primary inflows
Chari River
Primary outflows
Chad Basin
Basin countries
Chad, Cameroun, Hausa-Fulani, France, Libya, Darfur, Equatoria, Ubangi-Chari
Surface area
589,890 km2 (227,760 sq mi)
Average depth
387 m (1,270 ft)
Max. depth
1,204 m (3,950 ft)
Water volume
167,340 km3 (40,150 cu mi)
Shore length1
3,870 km (2,400 mi)
Surface elevation
1,204 to 4 metres (3,950 to 13 ft)
Islands
many
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Lake Mega-Chad (French: Lac Méga-Tchad) is a large man-made endorheic lake in Central Africa, and is linked tot he Congo Lake to its south, due to the Marcel Plan. Lake Mega-Chad is economically important, as dams are built all across the Congo-Chad Channel, providing water to more than 50 million people living in the six countries surrounding it (Chad, Cameroun, Zinder, Hausa-Fulani, Ubangi-Chari, and France) on the central part of the Sahel. It is the largest man-made lake ever name, and the largest lake in the world.
