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Ouaddaï highlands

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Ouaddaï Highlands is an area in east of Chad along the border with Sudan. [1]

21 relations: Abéché, Batha River, Chad, East Saharan montane xeric woodlands, Ecoregion, Ennedi Plateau, Ephemerality, Flash flood, Geography of Chad, Islam, Lake Chad, Nile, Ouaddaï (prefecture), Ouaddaï Region, Prefectures of Chad, Sudan, Sultanate of Bagirmi, Sultanate of Darfur, Wadai Empire, Wadi Howar, West Darfur.

Abéché

Abéché (Arabic: أبشي, ʾAbishī) is the 4th largest city in Chad, the capital of Ouaddaï Region.

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Batha River

The Batha River is an ephemeral river in Chad.

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Chad

Chad (تشاد; Tchad), officially the Republic of Chad ("Republic of the Chad"), is a landlocked country in Central Africa.

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East Saharan montane xeric woodlands

The East Saharan montane xeric woodlands is an ecoregion of central Africa, a number of high mountains in the middle of the huge area of savanna on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than an ecozone.

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Ennedi Plateau

The Ennedi Plateau, located in the northeast of Chad, in the regions of Ennedi-Ouest and Ennedi-Est, is a sandstone bulwark in the middle of the Sahara.

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Ephemerality

Ephemerality (from Greek εφήμερος – ephemeros, literally "lasting only one day") is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly.

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Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins.

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Geography of Chad

Chad is one of the 48 land-locked countries in the world and is located in North Central Africa, measuring, nearly twice the size of France and slightly more than three times the size of California.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Lake Chad

Lake Chad (French: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries.

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Nile

The Nile River (النيل, Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl, Standard Arabic an-Nīl; ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ, P(h)iaro; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ'pī and Jtrw; Biblical Hebrew:, Ha-Ye'or or, Ha-Shiḥor) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is commonly regarded as the longest river in the world, though some sources cite the Amazon River as the longest.

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Ouaddaï (prefecture)

This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad.

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Ouaddaï Region

Ouaddaï (وداي) is one of the 23 regions of Chad and its capital is Abéché.

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Prefectures of Chad

Chad was divided into 14 prefectures from 1960, the year of independence, to 1999, when the country was divided in 28 departments: A further reorganisation in 2002 divided the country into the current 18 regions.

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Sudan

The Sudan or Sudan (السودان as-Sūdān) also known as North Sudan since South Sudan's independence and officially the Republic of the Sudan (جمهورية السودان Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Sultanate of Bagirmi

The Sultanate or Kingdom of Bagirmi or Baghermi (Royaume du Baguirmi) was a kingdom and Islamic sultanate southeast of Lake Chad in central Africa between 1522 and 1897.

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Sultanate of Darfur

The Sultanate of Darfur was a pre-colonial state in present-day Sudan.

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Wadai Empire

The Wadai Empire or Sultanate (سلطنة وداي, royaume du Ouaddaï; 1635–1912) was a kingdom located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad and in the Central African Republic.

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Wadi Howar

Wadi Howar (Wadi Howa) is a wadi in Sudan and Chad.

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West Darfur

West Darfur State (Wilāyat Ḡarb Dārfūr; Gharb Darfor) is one of the states of Sudan, and one of five comprising the Darfur region.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouaddaï_highlands

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