Tags: World Heritage Site.

Lakes of Ounianga are a series of lakes in the Sahara desert in North-Eastern Chad occupying a basin in the mountains of West Tibesti and Ennedi East. It was added as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012.According to the UNESCO description the lakes are in a hot and hyperarid desert that features a rainfall of less than 2 millimetres (0.1 in) a year.

Ounianga_Lakes_from_ISS.jpg
id
1400
region
List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
latitude
19.05
longitude
20.4833

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