Okavango River, the Glossary
The Okavango River (formerly spelt Okovango or Okovanggo), is a river in southwest Africa.[1]
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27 relations: Angola, Boteti River, Botswana, Cachiungo, Canada, Controlled burn, Endorheic basin, Filtration, Flamingo, Groundwater recharge, Into the Okavango, Kalahari Desert, Kavango West, Lake Makgadikgadi, Lake Ngami, Makgadikgadi Pan, Moremi Game Reserve, Namibia, Okavango Delta, Percolation, ReconAfrica, Suspended load, Swamp, Wetland, Wildlife, World Heritage Site, Zambezi.
- Angola–Namibia border
- Kalahari Desert
- Rivers of Angola
- Rivers of Botswana
- Rivers of Namibia
- Water conflicts
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.
Boteti River
The Boteti River (also Botletle RiverHelgren, David M. (1984) "Historical Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology in the Southwestern Makgadikgadi Basin, Botswana" Annals of the Association of American Geographers 74(2): pp. 298–307, page 298, Series 2201, U.S. Army Map Service or Botletli) is a natural watercourse in Botswana. Okavango River and Boteti River are rivers of Botswana.
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Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
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Cachiungo
Cachiungo or Katchiungo is a town and municipality in the province of Huambo, Angola.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Controlled burn
A controlled or prescribed (Rx) burn is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape.
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Endorheic basin
An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other, external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swamps that equilibrate through evaporation.
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Filtration
Filtration is a physical separation process that separates solid matter and fluid from a mixture using a filter medium that has a complex structure through which only the fluid can pass.
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Flamingo
Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.
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Groundwater recharge
Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process, where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater.
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Into the Okavango
Into the Okavango is a 2018 American National Geographic documentary film written, directed and produced by Neil Gelinas.
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Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for, covering much of Botswana, as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa.
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Kavango West
Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia.
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Lake Makgadikgadi
Lake Makgadikgadi (label) was a paleolake that existed in what is now the Kalahari Desert in Botswana from 2,000,000 years BP to 10,000 years BP.
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Lake Ngami
Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in Botswana, north of the Kalahari Desert.
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Makgadikgadi Pan
The Makgadikgadi Pan (Tswana pronunciation), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world.
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Moremi Game Reserve
Moremi Game Reserve is a protected area in Botswana.
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.
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Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Grassland; formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a vast inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an altitude of 930–1,000 m in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari. Okavango River and Okavango Delta are Kalahari Desert.
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Percolation
In physics, chemistry, and materials science, percolation refers to the movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials.
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ReconAfrica
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd., operating as ReconAfrica, is a Canadian oil & gas exploration company that operates in the Kavango in Namibia and Botswana.
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Suspended load
The suspended load of a flow of fluid, such as a river, is the portion of its sediment uplifted by the fluid's flow in the process of sediment transportation.
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Swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.
Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
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Wildlife
Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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Zambezi
The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers, slightly less than half of the Nile's. The river rises in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, along the north-eastern border of Namibia and the northern border of Botswana, then along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique, where it crosses the country to empty into the Indian Ocean. Okavango River and Zambezi are border rivers, international rivers of Africa, rivers of Angola, rivers of Botswana and rivers of Namibia.
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See also
Angola–Namibia border
Kalahari Desert
- Augrabies Falls National Park
- Bosutswe
- Central Kalahari Game Reserve
- Ghanzi
- Kalahari Basin
- Kalahari Craton
- Kalahari Desert
- Kalahari Meerkat Project
- Kathu Forest
- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
- Lost City of the Kalahari
- Maun, Botswana
- Nossob River
- Okavango Delta
- Okavango River
- Omuramba
- Thamalakane River
Rivers of Angola
- Bengo River
- Bentiaba River
- Bero River
- Catumbela River
- Chiloango River
- Congo River
- Coporolo River
- Cuando River
- Cuanza River
- Cuelei River
- Cunene River
- Curoca River
- Cutato River
- Cuvo River
- Dande River
- Kasai River
- Kwango River
- Kwenge River
- Kwilu River
- List of rivers of Angola
- Loange River
- Longa River (Angola)
- Luanginga River
- Lucala River
- Luena River, Angola
- Lufu River
- Lungezi River
- Lungwebungu River
- M'pozo River
- Maino (Angola)
- Mbridge River
- Okavango River
- Rio Quicombo
- Wamba River
- Zambezi
- Zambezi River
Rivers of Botswana
- Bonwapitse River
- Boteti River
- Cuando River
- Khwai River
- Lepashe River
- Limpopo River
- List of rivers of Botswana
- Lotsane River
- Marico River
- Metsimotlhabe River
- Molopo River
- Mosetse River
- Mosope River
- Motloutse River
- Nata River
- Nossob River
- Notwane River
- Okavango River
- Ramokgwebana River
- Semowane River
- Serorome River
- Shashe River
- Tati River
- Thamalakane River
- Zambezi
- Zambezi River
Rivers of Namibia
- Auob River
- Cuando River
- Cunene River
- Dry rivers of Africa
- Ekuma River
- Fish River (Namibia)
- Hoanib
- Hoarusib River
- Huab River
- Kaukausib
- Khan River
- Khumib River
- Koigab River
- Kuiseb River
- List of rivers of Namibia
- Nossob River
- Okatana River
- Okavango River
- Omaruru River
- Omuramba Ovambo
- Orange River
- Oshigambo River
- Swakop River
- Tsauchab
- Tsondab River
- Ugab River
- Uniab River
- Zambezi
- Zambezi River
Water conflicts
- 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
- California water wars
- Cochabamba Water War
- Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala
- Ganges water dispute
- Gilgel Gibe III Dam
- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
- Indian water policy
- Indo-Pakistani water dispute of 1948
- Indus Waters Treaty
- Israeli expropriation of Palestinian springs in the West Bank
- Kaveri River water dispute
- Okavango River
- Peak water
- Permanent Indus Commission
- Tri-state water dispute
- Umma–Lagash war
- War over Water (Jordan River)
- Water conflict
- Water conflict between Ethiopia and Kenya
- Water conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
- Water conflicts between Malaysia and Singapore
- Water supply terrorism
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okavango_River
Also known as Cubango River, Cuito River, Kavango River, Kubango River, Ocovango.