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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage to Chad.

Understand

Chad ratifies the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on June 23, 1999. The first protected site was inscribed in 2012.

Chad has 2 sites listed in the World Heritage, 1 natural and 1 mixed.

The country has also submitted 7 sites to the Tentative List, 4 cultural and 3 natural.

Listing

The following site is listed as a World Heritage Site.

Site	Type	Criterion	Description	Drawing
19.05320.50591 Lakes of Ounianga	Natural	(vii)	The site includes 18 interconnected lakes, located in the Sahara Desert, in the Ennedi region. It is a large complex of lakes (62,808 hectares) in a hyper-arid environment and an exceptional natural landscape which owes its beauty to the spectacular variety of shapes and colors. The lakes - salty, hypersaline or freshwater - are fed by groundwater and are divided into two groups, separated by about 40 kilometers. Ounianga Kebir comprises four lakes, the largest of which - Lake Yoan - covers 358 hectares with a depth of 27 meters. Its hypersaline waters contain only algae and a few micro-organisms. The second group, Ounianga Serir, includes fourteen lakes separated by sand dunes. Floating reeds, which cover almost half of these lakes, dampen evaporation. With 436 hectares, Lake Teli is the largest of this group but its depth does not exceed 10 meters. Thanks to the good quality of their fresh water, some of these lakes are home to aquatic fauna, especially fish.	UNESCO sheet
17232 Ennedi massif: natural and cultural landscape	Mixed	(iii) (vii) (ix)	Located in the northeast of the country, the Ennedi massif is made of sandstone. Over time, the erosion of water and wind has sculpted this plateau, cutting canyons and valleys offering spectacular landscapes made up of cliffs, natural arches and rocky peaks. In the largest canyons, permanent water plays a major role in the ecosystem of the massif, and allows the sustainability of fauna, flora and human beings. On the rocky surfaces of caves, canyons and shelters, thousands of images have been painted and engraved, constituting one of the largest collections of rock art in the Sahara.	UNESCO sheet
Criteria legend (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. (ii) To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes. (iii) To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization. (iv) To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history. (v) Be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea. (vi) To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (vii) Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. (viii) To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth. (ix) To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems. (x) Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.

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