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Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, north of South Africa. Botswana occupies an area of 581,730 square kilometres (224,610 sq mi), of which 566,730 km 2 (218,820 sq mi) are land.
Near the town is the Tshabong kimberlite field, one of the largest diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the world. Tshabong is the site of Botswana's coldest recorded temperature, registering a temperature of −15.0 °C (5.0 °F). [2] [when?] The record high temperature registered in Tsabong was 42.6 °C (108.7 °F). [2] [when?]
The direction of change at any one location is often less certain. Observed surface temperatures have generally increased by about 1 °C in Africa since the late 19th century to the early 21st century. [50] In the Sahel, the increase has been as much as 3 °C for the minimum temperature at the end of the dry season. [50]
First, soft, snow-like particles form in subfreezing air at the top of a thunderstorm. (Yes, even in the middle of summer, the tops of thunderstorms are below freezing.)
It is located in eastern Botswana, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone. Francistown is located at the confluence of the Tati and Ntshe rivers, and near the Shashe River ( tributary to the Limpopo ) and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the international border with Zimbabwe .
[7] [8] Botswana experiences low rainfall and the rainfall patterns change which negatively affects the agricultural sector. Due to the state of rainfall in Botswana, which is very unreliable, there has been a reduction in hectares ploughed. Heavy rains wash away the topsoil and seeds during the ploughing season and this results in very low yields.
Africa, specifically East Africa, has contained glacial regions, possibly as far back as the last glacial maximum 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Seasonal snow does exist on the highest peaks of East Africa as well as in the Drakensberg Range of South Africa, the Stormberg Mountains, and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
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.