Chad 24°E. Chad is bounded to the north by Libya, to the east by Sudan, to the west by Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, and to the south by the Central African Republic. The country's capital is from the nearest seaport, Douala, Cameroon. Because of this distance from the sea and the country's largely desert climate, Chad is sometimes referred to as the "Dead Heart of Africa". The dominant physical structure is a wide basin bounded to the north and east by the Ennedi Plateau and Tibesti Mountains, which include Emi Koussi, a dormant volcano that reaches above sea level. Lake Chad,
Wildlife of Cameroon Boumba–Bek, the Boumba Bek National Park covering , and the Lobéké National Park covering (integrated with the Trinational Park of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of Congo and linked with an Eco-corridor to Boumba–Bek Reserve; the Campo Ma'an National Park of , which borders with the Rio de Campo of Equatorial Guinea; and the Savanna Zone comprising the Waza National Park of near Chad border, Faro National Park of area with common boundary with Nigeria, and the Kalamaloué National Park of on the Chad border. Cameroon's first protected area in the northern part of the country was