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  Benue River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Benue River or Bénoué River is the major tributary of the Niger River.
The river is approximately 1,400 km long and is almost entirely navigable during the summer months.
The river's major tributary is the Mayo-Kebbi, which during floods connects it with the Logone River, part of the Lake Chad system.
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 Logon River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Logon or Logone River is a major tributary of the Chari River.
The Logon's sources are located in the western Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, and southern Chad.
Settlements on the river include Moundou, Chad's second-largest city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Logone_River   (79 words)

  
 Chad - Water Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Chad's major rivers are the Chari and the Logone and their tributaries, which flow from the southeast into Lake Chad.
The Chari River contributes 95 percent of Lake Chad's water, an average annual volume of 40 billion cubic meters, 95 percent of which is lost to evaporation.
The size of the lake is determined by rains in the southern highlands bordering the basin and by temperatures in the Sahel.
www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-2271.html   (488 words)

  
 Source book for the inland fishery resources of Africa Vol. 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The river is characterized by a numer of rapids and reservoirs.
The Lake Chad Basin is the smallest river system in Cameroon, with the River Logone as the main element which overflows into a number of lakes and the Yaèrès swamp.
Lagdo on the Garoua River (40 m-high dam; 7.7 km
www.fao.org /docrep/005/T0360E/T0360E04.htm   (2372 words)

  
 The Lake Chad basin
All rivers crossing this area lose flow as a result of evaporation and evapotranspiration and infiltration to recharge the groundwater.
In Niger, in addition to the border Komadougou/Yobe River, there are the Koramas in the south of the country close to the border with Nigeria.
These rivers have a tropical regime with a single flood occurring at the end of the rainy season, which lasts from August to November.
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Temperatures vary from an average annual maximum of around 41°C to a minimum of 13°C. Hydrology of the wetland The main river of the area, the Logone, receives the greatest part of its flow from a higher rain fall zone in Cameroon (Adamaoua Province), Chad and the Central African Republic.
Since 1994, the hydrological condition of the wetland has been improved by the opening of two seasonal watercourses connecting the Logone river to the Logomatya river, from whence significant flows spread onto the floodplain.
The project is an integrated conservation-development initiative established to remedy the negative effects on the environment caused by the Maga dam the embankments constructed along the Logone river.
www.ramsar.org /cop7/cop7181cs03.doc   (4510 words)

  
 Chad
The huge northern area is a desert region inhabited by nomadic Muslim pastoralists, while the south is populated by sedentary farmers who practice indigenous religions or Catholicism.
Although all along this river the same plantations can be set up, the local population does not know how to do so, and do not have the means to do so.
Lying in southwestern Chad at the confluence of the Chari and Logone rivers, the city was formerly known as Fort-Lamy.
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 Vital Water Graphics, United Nations Environment Programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The total volume of water in the world's rivers is estimated at 2 115 km
Reservoirs are artificial lakes, produced by constructing physical barriers across flowing rivers, which allow the water to pool and be used for various purposes.
No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from the United Nations Environment Programme.
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 Aldeas Infantiles SOS : Country Information on Chad
The country's terrain is dominated by desert landscape in the north (the Sahara Desert covering more than 40% of Chad's total area) and the Tibesti volcano massif (with the country's highest elevation, Emi Koussi with 3,415 m).
Lake Chad is drained by the Chari river, which is in turn drained by the Logone river.
Logone and Chari are the country's only permanent rivers.
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 Hands On: Breaking the Bank - Cameroon
The Waza Logone region situated within the Lake Chad Basin in the far north of Cameroon surrounds a vast floodplain known as the Yaéré.
In September and October the river is at peak flow and, apart from very dry years, usually breaks the riverbanks and spills over into the floodplains.
The Waza Logone floodplain rehabilitation project began by collecting baseline data and deciding on the main activities to be carried out, in collaboration with the local population.
www.tve.org /ho/doc.cfm?aid=975   (1627 words)

  
 Report 81   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Waders and waterbirds in the floodplains of the Logone, Cameroon and Chad, February 2000
For the resident species Black-crowned Crane the Logone gloodplain is one of the last strongholds.
The February 2000 census presented in this report counted nearly 230,000 waterbirds and waders in the floodplains on both sided of the Logone river in Cameroon and chad.
home.wanadoo.nl /rene.t.vos/wiwo/report82.htm   (215 words)

  
 The Grteat 1953 Trek 5
Gamboro was where the ferry goes across the River Logone and this we managed to get on at 08h45 on our way to Fort Lamy.
It was parked on a steep incline and was almost out of sight of the river, too far to leave it in safety without one of us around.
We were still following the River Logone and at 14h30, we decided that perhaps we should stop and have a swim as it was so hot.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /The_Great_1953_Trek/Part_5.htm   (3150 words)

  
 Benue River - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 02:22, 1 May 2006.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Benue River contains research on
Benue River, Rivers of Cameroon and Rivers of Nigeria.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Benue_River   (188 words)

  
 Chad - GEOGRAPHY
Southeast of Lake Chad, the regular contours of the terrain are broken by the Guéra Massif, which divides the basin into its northern and southern parts.
South of the lake lie the floodplains of the Chari and Logone rivers, much of which are inundated during the rainy season.
Many farmers in the region combine subsistence agriculture with the raising of cattle, sheep, goats, and poultry.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/chad/GEOGRAPHY.html   (1935 words)

  
 WISARD Project Server - project# 8322
This activity concerns an extension of the Waza Logone Conservation and Development project (activity CM/90/003), funded by DGIS between 1988 and 1993, from 01/01/94 until 31/05/95.
The objectives are the same as of the original project, but as costs have increased and additional funds are required for the pilot-reflooding of part of the Logone river basin (originally planned at a later phase), this activity was created.
rehabilitation of the hydrological regime of the inundation area of the Logone river; 2.
www.wisard.org /wisard/shared/asp/projectsummary.asp?Kennummer=8322   (216 words)

  
 afrol News - Award for Cameroonian inland fishery project
The restoration of the Waza Logone Floodplain became necessary after the construction of Maga dam in 1979, which had resulted in reduced flooding over a large part of the floodplain.
On this basis, a water management plan was made, which releases water from the Logone river to revive the floodplain.
Twenty percent of the floodplain was restored in programme pilots.
www.afrol.com /News2002/cam015_waza_award.htm   (527 words)

  
 Cameroon Ethnologue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
LETI [LEO] Along the bend of the Sanaga River, northern Sa'a Subdivision, Lekie Division, Center Province.
Along the bend of the Sanaga River between the river and Sa'a, Sa'a Subdivision, Lekie Division, Center Province.
Dodeo village near the Nigerian border, on the upper Mayo-Deo River, southern Mayo-Baleo Subdivision, Faro-and-Deo Division, Adamawa Province; and north of Nkambe, Donga-Mantung Division, North West Province.
www.cabtal.org /cameroon_ethnologue.htm   (10362 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Chari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
CHARI [Chari] or Shari, longest river of interior drainage in Africa, c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, rising in the uplands of the Central African Republic, N central Africa.
During the summer rainy season, the river floods much of the surrounding area.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Chari" at HighBeam.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Chari.asp   (203 words)

  
 Nile River Bichir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Polypterus bichir is native to the Nile River and a few other African lakes and rivers.
The lower jaw is longer than the upper one and the number of...
shores in February of 1858, only to discover that the Ruzizi River in the north, which they thought to be the Nile...
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 Shuttle images of CAMEROON
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 Chad - Rice and Corn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Before World War I, the Germans on the Cameroon side of the Logone River encouraged the spread of rice cultivation.
By World War II, the French imposed cultivation in the areas of southern Chad near Laï and Kélo, along the Logone River.
Although production was destined originally for colonial troops, the taste for rice spread in some localities.
www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-2318.html   (275 words)

  
 Chad Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
The only important rivers are the Chari River and the Logone River, both of which flow into Lake Chad and are used for irrigation and seasonal navigation.
In 1998, rebellion broke out in N Chad, which sporadically flares up despite two peace agreements signed in 2001 and 2003.
Chad is divided into fourteen prefectures: Batha, Biltine, Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guéra, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kébbi, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddaí, Salamat, and Tandjilé.
www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Chad.html   (998 words)

  
 Shuttle images of CHAD
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RIVER: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
RIVERS: • • • • • • • • •
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 Wetlands & Water Resources Programme of IUCN - The World Conservation Union
For example, a hydrodynamic model for the reinundation of 100,000 hectares was developed.
The water management plan releases water from the Logone river to revive the floodplain.
Twenty per cent (200 km2) has been restored in programme pilots.
www.iucn.org /themes/wetlands/waza.html   (352 words)

  
 Directory of RivDIS data
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 Occurrence Map List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Johnels, AG Gambia River drainage: 2 km NW Bansang, Farida creek,
Gambia River drainage: MacCarthy Island, Georgetown, paddy-field W of the banana-fields,
Gambia River drainage: MacCarthy Island, Georgetown, paddy-field WN of the banana-field,
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 Occurrence Map List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gambia River drainage: E. MacCarthy Island, ('Gymnarchus-field'=) Kombanger swamp,
Gambia River drainage: MacCarthy Island, Kombanger swamp ('Gymnarchus-field'),
Johnels, AG Gambia River drainage: ca 2 km NW Bansang, Farida Creek,
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