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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]
The kori bustard is the national bird of Botswana. A map of Botswana. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Botswana. The avifauna of Botswana included a total of 615 species, as of May 2023, according to BirdLife Botswana's Checklist of Birds in Botswana, supplemented by Avibase. [1] Of them, three have been introduced by humans. None ...
The majority of species occur in the regions of the Okavango Delta and the Chobe–Linyanti–Kwando river system along East Caprivi. The list follows the alphabetical rather than systematic order, and originates from the latest checklist, which summarizes 170 years of malacological studies in Botswana .
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]
Vertebrates of Botswana (5 C) Categories: Biota of Botswana. Afrotropical realm fauna. Fauna of Southern Africa. Fauna of Africa by country. Fauna by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
The construction sheet of the Flag of Botswana. The Republic of Botswana has a rectangular flag with a 2:3 ratio. [1] Race is a very important feature of the flag. [2] It was designed in order to contrast with the South African flag at the time when apartheid was in effect. [3] The black band with the white frame has two meanings.
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 ...