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The 22 pages that link to Lake Chad, each with the reason it gives.

• ChadRelated: The lake gives Chad its name and supports livelihoods around the country’s western border.

• Kanem–Bornu EmpireRelated: Its shifting shorelands anchored Kanem and later Bornu.

• Boko Haram insurgencyRelated: Conflict compounded existing environmental and livelihood pressures around the lake.

• Borno StateRelated: Its basin supports livelihoods and cross-border movement in northern Borno.

• Ubangi RiverRelated: It is the proposed destination in plans to transfer water from the Ubangi basin.

• Adamawa PlateauRelated: The plateau’s northern drainage contributes to rivers entering the Lake Chad basin.

• MaiduguriRelated: The lake basin’s trade and political history shaped the region around Maiduguri.

• Rabih az-ZubayrRelated: Rabih’s empire centered on territories and trade routes around this lake.

• Holocene climatic optimumRelated: Its expanded ancient shoreline records the wetter African Humid Period.

• Uele RiverRelated: Its basin lies beyond the watershed dividing regional drainage from the Uele.

• Dunama II DibalemiRelated: Its basin supported the population and trade networks of Dunama’s realm.