Bodélé Depression
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bod-l-depression-169-10983261
title:
Bodélé Depression
text:
The Bodélé Depression, located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Africa, is the lowest point in Chad. It is 500 km long, 150 km wide and around 160 m deep. Its bottom lies about 155 meters above sea level. The dry endorheic basin is a major source of fertile dust essential for the Amazon rainforest. Dust storms from the Bodélé Depression occur on average about 100 days per year, one typical example being the massive dust storms that swept over West Africa and the Cape Ve
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description:
Large dry lakebed in the Sahara Desert
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bod%C3%A9l%C3%A9_Depression
date created:
2006-12-29T14:40:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T13:42:48Z
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