Africa's Lake Chad has shrunk by 90% since 1960, now the government is paying $50 billion to redirect water from the Congo River Basin into the lake
- In 1823, British explorers Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham and Walter Oudney were some of the first Europeans to document the lake and the surrounding kingdoms.
- He was struck at the sight of one of Africa's largest inland lakes.
- But two centuries later, about 905 of the lake's surface area has shrunk, leaving only a sliver of what was previously an ever-flowing water body covering roughly 25,000 square kilometres.
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- In 1823, British explorers Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham and Walter Oudney were some of the first Europeans to document the lake and the surrounding kingdoms.
- He was struck at the sight of one of Africa's largest inland lakes.
- But two centuries later, about 905 of the lake's surface area has shrunk, leaving only a sliver of what was previously an ever-flowing water body covering roughly 25,000 square kilometres.
Sources: Times of India