Ngadda River

Ngadda River
The Ngadda River shown on a map of Lake Chad.

The Ngadda River is a river in Nigeria that flows into Lake Chad and the Chad Basin. The Alau dam built on the river has interfered with fertile seasonal floodplains in the region of Maiduguri.[1]

References

  1. ^ Thambyapillay, G. G. R. (1993-05-13). "Drought chronology dating in the lake Chad basin (Nigeria command)". Colloques et séminaires - Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération (Paris: ORSTOM Soil Research Centre): 31–61. 


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