LAKE CHAD MAY DRY UP
EXPLORER’S WARNING By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 11.2 a.m. PARIS, Wednesday. is a grave danger of Lake Chad drying up and making a vast addition to the Sahara Desert.
A granite barrier at present confines the waters, but it is crumbling. Colonel Tilho, the explorer, urges that 150 million francs be spent on safeguarding the lake and on irrigation, thus increasing cotton-growing. A. and N.Z.
Lake Chad, in Central Africa, is bounded by rbe kingdoms or territories of Bornu, Kanem, Wadai and Baghirini, and lies mainly between lat. 12deg. 30min. and 14deg. SOmin. X. It is in the French military territory of the Chad. The lake covers an area, varying according to the rainfall, of from 6,000 to 30,000-40,000 square miles, and occupies a mean height above the sea. of about 830 feet. The waters of the lake, which is fresh and shallow, are largely overgrown with reeds and other plants. The lake is stocked with fish, water-fowl, turtles of enormous size, and crocodiles.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 156, 22 September 1927, Page 1
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