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An Expedition in the Okavango Delta Showcases Botswana's Magnificience—and Vulnerabilities
Rains that fall in Angola during the previous wet season, from November through May, propel the Okavango River along its 1,000-mile downhill course in June, pushing with it 2.5 trillion gallons of ...
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Inside the Ambitious Mission to Save Africa’s Okavango Delta
National Geographic’s Okavango Wilderness Project is an effort to survey, and ultimately help protect, the delta’s headwaters. It began in 2015 with an expedition on Angola’s Cuito River ...
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Five technologies and innovations helping to protect the Okavango
A National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project river expedition base camp in Angola, captured via drone—one of many aerial shots of the landscape this technology easily allows.
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The River
he Okavango River Basin, a wild ecosystem that spans Angola, Namibia and Botswana, provides sustenance and habitat to a breathtaking diversity of wildlife. The world’s largest remaining population of ...
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The Okavango Delta: An introduction
Image above: The Okavango's annual flood edges closer to the Xudum pride's territory. Botswana’s Okavango Delta is one of the most remarkable and unique ecosystems on Earth. Image above: The ...