Yes, not so long ago there were marshes where is now the Chad lake. The megalake Chad was reached by Romans who called it "lake of ippopotamus". It is a node o

Yes, not so long ago there were marshes where is now the Chad lake. The megalake Chad was reached by Romans who called it "lake of ippopotamus". It is a node of watercraft transport between the West Africa, the Golf of Guinea and the Congo to the South. Actually all the places between CAR and Mali could be much greener. There is even a (quite old) project to make this area a much wetter place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad_replenishment_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad_replenishment_projec...