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  2. Okavango Delta - Wikipedia

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    Satellite image of Okavango Delta, with national borders added Typical region in the Okavango Delta, with free canals and lakes, swamps and islandsThe Okavango Delta [2] (or Okavango Grassland; formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a vast inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an altitude of 930–1,000 m [3] in the central part of the ...

  3. Lake Makgadikgadi - Wikipedia

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    The Okavango, Upper Zambezi, and Cuando rivers once all emptied into the lake. Its remains are seen in the Makgadikgadi salt pans , one of the largest salt pans in the world. DNA research suggests the lake region is the homeland of Homo sapiens , where humans first evolved as a distinct species about 200,000 years ago, before expanding to other ...

  4. Makgadikgadi Pan - Wikipedia

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    The Makgadikgadi pans are clearly visible to the right of the dark-green broom-shaped Okavango Delta in this satellite image of Botswana The main water source is the Nata River , called Amanzanyama in Zimbabwe , where it rises at Sandown about 37 mi (59.5 km) from Bulawayo .

  5. Kalahari Basin - Wikipedia

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    The Okavango continues through the Caprivi Strip of Namibia into Botswana, where it splits into a number of distributaries to form the Okavango Delta, a large inland delta that becomes a seasonally flooded grassland. After the Okavango Delta, the waters of the basin enter a zone of strong evaporation, already within the Kalahari Desert ...

  6. Okavango Delta residents worry over low flood water levels - AOL

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  7. List of World Heritage Sites in Botswana - Wikipedia

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    Botswana accepted the convention on 23 November 1998. [3] There are two World Heritage Sites in Botswana, with a further seven on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Botswana to be inscribed to the list was Tsodilo Hills in 2001. [3] The most recent site listed was the Okavango Delta in 2003, and became the 1000th site on the list. [4]

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