Botswana's Okavango Delta - Africa's largest endorheic delta protected by UNESCO
Baku, November 5, AZERTAC
The Okavango Delta is a large low gradient alluvial fan or ‘Inland Delta’ located in north-western Botswana.
The area includes permanent swamps, which cover approximately 600,000 ha along with up to 1.2m ha of seasonally flooded grassland.
The Okavango Delta is one of a very few large inland delta systems without an outlet to the sea, known as an endorheic delta, its waters drain instead into the desert sands of the Kalahari Basin.
Moreover, it is considered as Africa’s third largest alluvial fan and the continent’s largest endorheic delta.
An exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes, the Okavango Delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, including cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.
Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014, Okavango Delta is further recognized as an Important Bird Area, harbouring 24 species of globally threatened birds, including six species of vulture, the southern ground-hornbill, wattled crane and slaty egret.
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