1. Lake Chad Basin is the largest inland lake.

2. The once mighty Lake Chad is half the size it was 35 years ago.

3. The drying of Lake Chad, the judge said, was "far more likely to result from other factors, such as population increase and overgrazing , and regional climate variability".

4. At Lake Chad and the Toshka Lakes the same effect of man in combination with climate change has been observed.

5. Lake Chad, located in the Sahel region near the Sahara, was the fourth largest lake in Africa in the 1960s and had an area of more than 10, 000 square miles.Sentencedict

6. In Africa demand for water has shrunk Lake Chad by 95 percent since the 1960s, leaving only sand and scrub.

7. Lake Chad, which is bordered by 4 African nations: Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad, was once one of the world's largest.

8. Deby and Gaddafi have also worked together on saving the rapidly shrinking Lake Chad, and exploring how the African Union can become more involved in conflict-resolution.

9. He says something must be done urgently to reverse the tragic disappearance of Lake Chad if the livelihoods of this vast area are to be safeguarded.

10. As people around the world mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Africans that live near Lake Chad are battling rainfall shortage and receding lake waters that are threatening their very existence.

11. A city of northeast Nigeria east of Kano. It is a leather-processing center in the Lake Chad region. Population, 225, 100.

12. Certainly not. But political will, international cooperation and investment can help to stem the loss of water from huge river basins like those of the Nile and Lake Chad.

13. Water shortages can ruin crops, increase the incidence of water-borne and water-related diseases, and damage aquatic ecosystems (the shrinking of Lake Chad being a prime example).