Lake Chad replenishment project as late as 2005. The members of the Lake Chad Basin International Commission are Chad, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger. Concerned by shrinkage of the lake's area from in 1972 to in 2002, they met in January 2002 to discuss the project. Both the ADB and the Islamic Development Bank expressed interest in the project. However, the member states of the Congo-Ubangi-Sangha Basin International Commission, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic expressed concern that the project would reduce the energy potential of the Inga hydroelectric dam, would affect navigation on the Ubangi and Congo rivers and
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