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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS061-75-22 Date: Dec. 1993
Geographic Region: CHAD
Feature: L. CHAD, CHARI R., DES.

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  STS061-075-022 Lake Chad (South Basin), Chad December 1993
Lake Chad, which belongs to the countries of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger, is a sedimentary basin that is controlled by climate and rainfall. The lake is divided into two basins--the south basin fed by the Chari River and the north basin fed by the Komadougou River. The south basin, with its delta along the southern shore, has a distinct advantage in that the Sahel (a transition zone between the true desert and the grasslands south of the desert) generally receives more precipitation than the region west of Lake Chad that provides recharge water for the north basin. The south basin's water level has remained relatively constant during the decades of 1980s and 1990s, while the north basin has shown little evidence of standing water since the late 1960s and early 1970s. Extensive sand dunes exist within the northern half of the south basin, but there appears to be vegetation in this area. (Refer to STS-061-075-023 for a view of the north basin of Lake Chad.)
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 198k
Mission: STS061  
Roll - Frame: 75 - 22
Geographical Name: CHAD  
Features: L. CHAD, CHARI R., DES.  
Center Lat x Lon: 13.0N x 14.5E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 11   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 40  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: S   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: Y   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 15  
 
Date: 19931203   YYYYMMDD
Time: 080038   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 13.9N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 14.6E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 130   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 290   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 35   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: BASIN, DESERT, DUNE  
Water Views: LAKE, RIVER, DELTA  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  
Associated Photos in Sequence:

IMAGEPhoto #: AS07-8-1932
Description: AFRICA, LAKE CHAD-1968--LAKE LEVELS BEFORE BEGINNING OF DROUGHT, 1970
Sequence ID: 3A

IMAGEPhoto #: STS052-99-9
Description: AFRICA, LAKE CHAD-1992--LAKE LEVELS FROM DROUGHT THAT BEGAN IN 1970
Sequence ID: 3B

IMAGEPhoto #: STS052-80-66
Description: AFRICA, LAKE CHAD-1992--LAKE LEVELS FROM DROUGHT THAT BEGAN IN 1970
Sequence ID: 3C

IMAGEPhoto #: STS061-75-22 ** Currently displayed photo **
Description: AFRICA, LAKE CHAD-1993--LAKE LEVELS FROM DROUGHT THAT BEGAN IN 1970
Sequence ID: 3D

IMAGEPhoto #: STS061-75-23
Description: AFRICA, LAKE CHAD-1993--LAKE LEVELS FROM DROUGHT THAT BEGAN IN 1970
Sequence ID: 3E



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