Okavango River

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The Okavango River is a major river in southwest Africa that famously fans out into the vast Okavango Delta, one of the world’s largest inland wetlands and a critical wildlife habitat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international river of Africa
river
abbreviation OKACOM for basin commission
alternativeName Cubango River
linked to: Cuito River
associatedEcosystem Okavango Delta wetland
linked to: Okavango Delta
basinCountry Angola
Botswana
Namibia
climateZone semi-arid
continent Africa
countryTraversed Angola
Botswana
Namibia
createsFeature Okavango Delta
doesNotEmptyInto ocean
drainageType endorheic
ecologicalSignificance supports high biodiversity in Okavango Delta
emptiesInto Okavango Delta
endorheic basin
floodSeasonTiming floods Okavango Delta during Southern Hemisphere winter
flowsIntoEcoregion Okavango Delta
flowsThrough Caprivi Strip
formsBorderBetween Angola and Namibia
Namibia and Botswana
governedBy Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission
hydrologicalType inland delta forming river
importance critical water source in arid Kalahari region
major wildlife habitat support
knownFor large inland wetland system
seasonal flooding of Okavango Delta
length approximately 1,000 miles
approximately 1,600 km
locatedInRegion Southern Africa
southwestern Africa
majorTributary Cubango River
linked to: Cuito River

Cuito River
mouthLocation Kalahari Basin
Okavango Delta
partOf Okavango River Basin
linked to: Okavango River
passesThrough Kalahari Desert region
linked to: Kalahari Desert
sourceLocation Angola
Bié Plateau
supportsActivity fishing
tourism
wildlife viewing
threat climate change impacts
water abstraction projects
waterSource summer rains in central Angola

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Southern Africa hasMajorRiver Okavango River
Cuando River flowsInto Chobe River (via Linyanti/Chobe system)
linked to: Okavango River
Okavango Delta formedByRiver Okavango River
Okavango River partOf Okavango River Basin
linked to: Okavango River
Namibia and Botswana shareRiverSystem Okavango River
Caprivi Strip traversedByRiver Okavango River
Bwabwata National Park traversedBy Okavango River
Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area namedAfter Kavango River
linked to: Okavango River
Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area followsRiverBasin Okavango River basin
linked to: Okavango River
Northern Botswana traversedByRiver Okavango River
subject linked to: northern Botswana