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lake Sad

Small part of the over 200km long Lake Chad (but Sad is more appropriate) weaving its way through the Sahara desert dunes.

 

Once a glorious lake it now is a faint shadow of its past due to mismanagement and to some degree climate change.

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see ourworld.unu.edu/en/sucking-dry-an-african-giant for the full story

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Uploaded on January 6, 2022
Taken on November 10, 2021