Lake Iro
Sentinel-2 image (2021)
Lake Iro is located in Chad
Lake Iro
Lake Iro
Location in Chad
LocationMoyen-Chari Region; Chad
Coordinates10°06′N 19°25′E / 10.100°N 19.417°E / 10.100; 19.417
Primary inflowsBahr Salamat
Primary outflowsevaporation
Basin countriesChad
Max. length13 km (8.1 mi)
Max. width11 km (6.8 mi)
Surface area110 km2 (42 sq mi)
Surface elevation386 m (1,266 ft)
Islandsno
SettlementsBoum Kabir

Iro Lake (French: Lac Iro) is a cyclically occurring lake in the Moyen-Chari Region in southeastern Chad. It is fed in the summer and autumn months from the eastern arm of the Bahr Salamat, which forks seven kilometers southwest of the lake. The lake is about 100 kilometers north of the border with the Central African Republic. It is nearly circular, 13 kilometers long and 11 kilometers wide. During the dry season it can completely run dry.

It has been suspected that the depression is the remains of an impact crater.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. James B. Garvin (1986). POSSIBLE IMPACT STRUCTURES IN CENTRAL AFRICA
  2. W. Reimold & C. Koeberl (2014). Impact structures in Africa: A review, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 93, May 2014, Pages 57–175.
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