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Toronto Star: In its glory days during the 1960s, Lake Chad was 38,000 square kilometres of sparkling blue-green water that nourished humans, animals and plant life in the four countries it straddled: Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. The lake, on the edge of the mighty Sahara Desert, gave solace to people. Poems were written about it; celebrations were held on its banks.
But Lake Chad is now a speck of what it was five decades ago, measuring just 1,300 square kilometres.
The Sahara desert is the culprit.......
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When the desert devours the lake
Posted by Toronto Star: None Given on April 7th, 2013
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