Lake Chad Chad Game Reserve, which covers half of the area next to the lake that belongs to Nigeria. The whole lake has been declared a Ramsar site of international importance. Speaking at the United Nations 73rd General Assembly, the President of Nigeria urged the international community to assist in combatting the root causes of conflict surrounding the Lake Chad Endorheic basin. Recent violence in the region has been attributed to competition between farmers and herders seeking irrigation for crops and watering of herds respectively. Plans to divert the Ubangi River into Lake Chad were proposed in 1929 by Herman Sörgel in
Geography of Chad same location. Similar temperature rises were also reported in Niger, which began to enter a famine situation. On 26 July the heat reached near-record levels over Chad and Niger. Area: <br>"total:" 1.284 million km² <br>"land:" 1,259,200 km² <br>"water:" 24,800 km² Area - comparative: <br>Canada: smaller than the Northwest Territories <br>US: slightly more than three times the size of California Land boundaries: <br>"total:" 6,406 km <br>"border countries:" Cameroon 1,116 km, Central African Republic 1,556 km, Libya 1,050 km, Niger 1,196 km, Nigeria 85 km, Sudan 1,403 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Elevation extremes: <br>"lowest point:" Djourab Depression