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
Hambukushu people → associatedRiver → Okavango River ⓘ
Hambukushu people → associatedRiver → Kavango River ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
Maun → riverSystem → Okavango River system ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
Ovamboland → borderedBy → Kavango ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission → basin → Okavango River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
OKACOM → basin → Okavango River Basin ⓘ
subject linked to: OKACOM for basin commission
linked to: Okavango River
OKACOM → river → Okavango River ⓘ
subject linked to: OKACOM for basin commission
OKACOM → geographicalFocus → Okavango River and its tributaries ⓘ
subject linked to: OKACOM for basin commission
linked to: Okavango River
Cuito River → partOf → Okavango River basin ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
Cuito River → tributaryOf → Okavango River ⓘ
Cuito River → mouthLocation → Okavango River ⓘ
Cuito River → partOf → Cubango–Okavango River system ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
B8 national road → crosses → Okavango River ⓘ
Southeastern Angola → hasMajorRiver → Okavango River basin ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
Southeastern Angola → drainageBasin → Okavango River basin ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
Kuando Kubango → partOf → Okavango River basin ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River