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    from the Bodélé. Individual dust storms in the Bodélé were also shown in this research to coincide with a major strengthening of the Bodélé Low Level...
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    and into the Bodélé Depression. The "sill" of the Bahr el-Ghazal is the lowest point on the drainage divide between the Lake Chad and Bodélé basins. In...
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    shown that the erosion of diatomaceous earth in such areas (such as the Bodélé Depression in the Sahara) is one of the most important sources of climate-affecting...
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    summer. The Sahara desert is a key source of dust storms, particularly the Bodélé Depression and an area covering the confluence of Mauritania, Mali, and...
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    there are reports of sightings from the eastern Air Mountains (Niger) and Bodélé (Chad). Rare nomads may be seen in northern Niger, southern Algeria and...
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    example, the low-level jet over Chad, is the driver of dust emission from the Bodélé Depression, the largest source of atmospheric dust on the planet. Easterly...
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    eruption or diatreme explosion. Aral–Caspian Depression Baetic Depression Bodélé Depression Caspian Depression Danakil Depression Eider-Treene Depression...
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    Its diverse topography ranges from the volcanic Tibesti Mountains to the Bodélé Depression, a vast Holocene lake-bed that is one of the Earth's strongest...
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    November 2004, a number of major dust storms hit Chad, originating in the Bodélé Depression. This is a common area for dust storms, occurring on average...
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    is not Lake Chad, but the Bodélé Depression, at a distance of 480 kilometres (300 mi) to the northeast of the lake. The Bodélé Depression is just 155 metres...
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    export from the now-desert and from dried up lakes such as the Bodélé Basin grew; Bodélé today is the largest single source of dust on Earth. The lakes...
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    More than 56% of the dust fertilizing the Amazon rainforest comes from the Bodélé depression in Northern Chad in the Sahara desert. The dust contains phosphorus...
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    (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Elevation extremes: lowest point: Bodélé Depression 160 m highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m Natural resources: petroleum...
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    around the globe, it first must become airborne and leave the Sahara. The Bodélé Depression is one of the most significant sites of Saharan dust formation...
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    average of 132 million tons of dust from the Sahara (primarily the Sahel and Bodélé Depression) across the Atlantic each year. Harmattan winter dust storms...
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  • low-level jet in Chad, which is responsible for dust emission from the Bodélé Depression, the world's most important single source of dust emission. The...
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    north. The highest point in Chad, Emi Koussi, is located in Borkou. The Bodélé Depression lies in the south-central portion of the region. The region borders...
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    transported by transatlantic winds from the African Sahara, much of it from the Bodélé Depression, which was once made up of a system of fresh-water lakes. Diatoms...
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    seeps through the underground to the lowest point of the Chad Basin, the Bodélé Depression, approximately 480 km (300 mi) northeast of Lake Chad, with the...
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  • Panoramic view of Bödele near Dornbirn in Austria with a cylindrical distortion at the bottom....
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    the northern flank of the Kanisfluh on the right. 180° panorama on the Bödele, located between Dornbirn and Schwarzenberg Bridge over the Mitteltobelbach...
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    for life is blown by the wind from Africa; as diatomeous dust from the Bodélé Depression and as smoke due to biomass burning in Africa. There are wide...
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    (250 mi) southward. It forms in the west of the range and peters out in the Bodélé Depression, as does Enneri Miski a little further to the east, along with...
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  • Alberschwende 0720–1200 0/1/7 5 Andelsbuch Andelsbuch, Bezau 0655–1715 2/2/5 20 Bödele-Hochälpele Schwarzenberg, Dornbirn 0710–1467 0/1/8 23 Brandnertal Brand...
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    at Emi Koussi. The northern half of the republic lies in the Sahara. The Bodélé Depression is a low region in the southern Sahara that is surrounded by...
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    R.; Todd, M. C.; Rudich, Y.; Martins, J. V.; Rosenfeld, D. (2006). "The Bodélé depression: a single spot in the Sahara that provides most of the mineral...
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    many opportunities for recreation in nature, offering the Schwarzenberg-Bödele ski area, cross-country trails, and around 40 km of winter and summer hiking...
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    (UTC+01) Extreme points of Chad High: Emi Koussi 3,445 m (11,302 ft) Low: Bodélé Depression 160 m (525 ft) Land boundaries: 5,968 km  Sudan 1,360 km  Central...
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  • agricultural soils. In the mid-2000s Warren participated in an expedition to the Bodélé Depression, northern Chad, dubbed the "dustiest place on Earth". The team...
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  • of Ouaddaï and Darfur. South-west, in the direction of Lake Chad, is the Bodele basin. The drainage of the country is to the lake, but the numerous khors...
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