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The wildlife of Botswana refers to the flora and fauna of this country. Botswana is around 90% covered in savanna, varying from shrub savanna in the southwest in the dry areas to tree savanna consisting of trees and grass in the wetter areas. [ 1] Even under the hot conditions of the Kalahari Desert, many species survive; in fact the country ...
List of mammals of Botswana. Burchell's zebra, Equus quagga burchellii, is the national animal of Botswana. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Botswana. There are 170 mammal species in Botswana, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened. [ 1]
Okavango Delta. / 19.400°S 22.900°E / -19.400; 22.900. The Okavango Delta[ 2] (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 [ 3] in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari.
River. Orange River. The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana, as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa . It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African Namib coastal desert, whose name is of ...
Khama Rhino Sanctuary is a community-based wildlife project in Botswana, [2] located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) outside of Serowe. [3] It covers approximately 8,585 hectares (21,210 acres) of Kalahari sandveld and is home to white and black rhinos as well as over 30 other mammal species and more than 230 species of birds. [4]
Chobe National Park is Botswana 's first national park, and also the most biologically diverse. Located in the north of the country, it is Botswana's third largest park, after Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Gemsbok National Park . This park is noted for having a population of lions which prey on elephants, mostly calves or juveniles, but ...
Droughts occur approximately every seven years. Rainfall, when it occurs, is mostly in the summer, from October through March. [1] The Kalahari Acacia - Baikiaea woodlands are bounded on the north by the Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands, and on the east by the Bushveld. The Kalahari xeric savanna lies to the south and west, and the Angolan mopane ...
Known as Festucula botswana, the spider was collected from the surface of a swamp in Okavango in Botswana, researchers said. It’s named after its country of origin. The arachnid measures about 0 ...