Natural wonders in Chad
Chad’s landscape features a striking contrast between the vast, shallow waters of Lake Chad and the arid volcanic terrain of the Sahara. The Tibesti Mountains house Emi Koussi, the Sahara’s highest peak, and the active stratovolcano Toussidé. In the Ennedi Plateau and Borkou region, ancient meteorite impact sites like the Gweni-Fada and Aorounga craters mark the desert floor. The Ounianga lakes, including the hypersaline Lake Yoa and Lac Teli, represent a unique hydrological system sustained by fossil groundwater in one of the world's driest environments.
A Lake Chad
Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries.
B Emi Koussi
Emi Koussi is a high pyroclastic shield volcano that lies at the southeast end of the Tibesti Mountains in the central Sahara, in the…
Bhyrt ywa
A hypersaline lake in the Sahara Desert and the second largest of the Lakes of Ounianga. Part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, it is sustained by ancient fossil groundwater despite the region's extreme aridity.
D Gweni-Fada crater
Gweni-Fada is a meteorite crater in the Ennedi Plateau, Chad.
E Toussidé
Toussidé is a potentially active stratovolcano in Chad. Toussidé lies in the Tibesti Mountains, the large Yirrigué caldera and the smaller…
F Aorounga crater
Aorounga is an eroded meteorite impact crater in Chad, Africa. The exposed remnant of the crater is 12.6 km in diameter and its age is…
Lac Teli bhyrt tyly
The largest lake within the Ounianga Serir group in the Ennedi Ouest province. This freshwater body is part of a complex hydrological system protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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