African humid period
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The African humid period was a climate period in Africa during the late Pleistocene and Holocene geologic epochs, when North Africa was wetter than it is today. The covering of much of the Sahara by g
The modern, arid Sahara. The Sahara was not a desert during the African humid period. Instead, most of North Africa was covered by grass, trees, and lakes.
A present-day savannah, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Images of swimming people in the Cave of Swimmers
The Lakes of Ounianga are recharged from fossil groundwater that originated partly during the AHP
Lake Chad
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Lake Chad is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area in excess of
African humid period
…period began about 14,600–14,500 years ago at the end of Heinrich event 1, simultaneously with the Bølling–Allerød warming. Rivers and lakes such as Lake Chad formed or expanded, glaciers grew on Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Sahara retreated. Two major dry fluctuations occurred during the Younger Dryas and the…
Shrinking of Lake Chad over the last 7000 years, with the outline of the British Isles for size comparison
Lake Chad 1972–2007
Lake Chad flooded savanna
Building a temporary house in Lake Chad region