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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).
The Okavango River is the chief stream in the basin. It is formed by the confluence of the Cubango and Cuito rivers, which originate on the Bié Plateau of central Angola and flow southeast. The Cubango is joined just above its confluence with the Cuito by the Omatako River, which flows northeast from its origin in the Damaraland region of ...
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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 ...
Drilling for oil exploration, as well as human-caused climate change leading to more erratic rainfall patterns and water abstraction and The post In Africa’s Okavango, oil drilling disrupts ...
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.
The Okavango River, which originates in Angola, enters the delta at its apex. On the average, the river carries about 10 000 million m 3 of water a year into the delta. The flow rate is high in the months of March and April (about 1000 m 3 /s on the average), but varying from year to year between 500 and 1500 m 3 /s and low in November (100 to ...
Distributaries flow north into the Pacific Ocean via the San Joaquin River and south into an endorheic basin surrounding Tulare Lake. The Qu'Appelle River, in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, is a distributary of the South Saskatchewan River. Its flow is controlled by the Qu'Appelle River Dam. This dam forms the southern arm of Lake Diefenbaker.