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Map of het Okavango-stroomgebied showing the main rivers and tributeries in Botswana. This is a list of rivers in Botswana. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Kavango river view at Hakusembe river lodge. The Okavango River (formerly spelt Okovango or Okovanggo), is a river in southwest Africa. It is known by this name in Botswana, and as Cubango in Angola, and Kavango in Namibia. [1] It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for 1,600 km (1,000 mi).
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The Molopo River (Afrikaans: Moloporivier) is one of the main rivers in Southern Africa. It has a length of approximately 960 kilometres and a catchment area of 367,201 km 2 with Botswana , Namibia and South Africa sharing roughly about a third of the basin each.
Other tributaries are the Dikabeya River and Susuela River, which join the Lotsane east of the Tswapong area. All the rivers in the Lotsane basin are dry throughout the year, experiencing ephemeral flow during the summer rainy season. People in nearby areas collect water stored in the sandy riverbed. [2] There is one main dam in the Lotsane River.
Name of dam Nearest city District Impounds Year created Capacity (megalitre) Location Notes Bokaa Dam: Bokaa: Kgatleng District: Metsimotlhabe River: 1990: 18,500
This is a list of the extreme points of Botswana, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – the border with Zambia upon the Zambezi River at Chobe District; Easternmost point – the tripoint with South Africa and Zimbabwe, Central District; Southernmost point – Bokspits, Kgalagadi ...
The Cuando River (or Kwando in the non-colonial spelling) is a river in south-central Africa flowing through Angola and Namibia's Caprivi Strip and into the Linyanti Swamp on the northern border of Botswana. [3] Below the swamp, the river is called the Linyanti River and, farther east, the Chobe River, [4] before it flows into the Zambezi River.