Okavango Delta

World Heritage

Botswana

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The delta in northwestern Botswana is made up of permanent swamps and seasonal flood plains. It is one of the very few major inland delta systems that does not flow into the ocean, and the wetland system is almost intact. One of the unique features of the site is that the annual flooding of the Okavango River occurs during the dry season, so the biological cycles of local plants and animals are synchronized with these seasonal rains and floods. This is a climatic, hydrological and biological process. The Okavango Delta is home to some of the world's most endangered large mammals, such as cheetahs, white rhinos, black rhinos, African wild dogs and lions.

Flood-control bunds for flood recession cropping in the molapo of the Okavango, Botswana

A cheetah silhouetted against a sunset in the delta

Typical region in the Okavango Delta, with free canals and lakes, swamps and islands

Shinde Lagoon, seen from the air

Hambukushu guide poles his makoro on delta floodwaters

Aerial view of delta as floodwaters recede, August 2012

Map of the delta with basin boundary as dashed line

Small gathering of lechwe antelopes, Okavango Delta

Satellite image (SeaWiFS) of Okavango Delta, with national borders added

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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instance of	body of water
located in the administrative territorial entity	Seronga
executive body	Okavango Delta
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["Lake", "OkavangoDelta::8752b"]
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/02kcj_
Commons category	Okavango Delta
coordinate location	Point(22.9 -19.283333333)
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WV%20banner%20Okavango%20delta.jpg
area	2023590
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (x)
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["Lake", "OkavangoDelta::8752b"]

start time	2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Okavango Delta
official name	Delta del Okavango
official name	Delta de l’Okavango
official name	オカバンゴ・デルタ
official name	Okavango Delta
official name	Дельта Окаванго
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (x)
heritage designation	mission
start time	2016-03-18T00:00:00Z
official name	Okavango Delta
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (x)
heritage designation	Ramsar site
start time	1996-09-12T00:00:00Z
area	2286630
applies to part	buffer zone