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	Okavango River, Namibia - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The Okavango River, which originates in the highlands of east-central Angola, flows through Namibia.
		The Okavango Delta consists of a maze of meandering channels, often choked with dense masses of papyrus and other aquatic plants; many shallow, water-filled basins; and numerous islands, or elevated wooded areas that remain dry during flooding.
		Rapidly growing cattle populations to the south and west of the delta have damaged the wildlife habitat by overgrazing and overburdening the water supply.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /okavango_river.htm (307 words)

	Greatest Places: Notes: Okavango
		As the Okavango River left the humid highlands and entered the arid flatness of the Kalahari, it slowed and dropped its sediment load.
		The geology of the Okavango is still inherently unstable, as the faults continue to move and earth tremors occur.
		The Okavango offers an oasis of habitat for prolific plant and animal life in a personified state of "balance in nature." Two plants dominate the Delta's perennial swamps: papyrus, a giant sedge (type of grass) which grows naturally only in Africa, and the willowy phoenix palm.
	www.greatestplaces.org /notes/okavango.htm (1239 words)

	Wetlands in the Kalahari
		Basically, it is a river, the Okavango River, which has been disrupted by subsidence of the earth's crust.
		In the case of the Okavango rift, this has not happened, although there is evidence to suggest that lakes have existed there in the past.
		Firstly, sediment brought down by the Okavango River is being deposited in the depression and has more or less kept pace with the subsidence, so that excess water is able to flow away via the Boteti River into the central Kalahari.
	www.wits.ac.za /geosciences/Research/okavango/wetlands.htm (2268 words)

	Okavango River Lodge Maun, Ngamiland, Botswana
		Accommodation and camping on the edge of the Okavango Delta.
		Locally known as "River Lodge" hosts offer a relaxed and comfortable home-away-from-home accommodation and are the Safari base for some of the best Okavango Delta tours available.
		Hosts also offer camping trips by boat from the far north of Botswana's Okavango River through the myriads of papyrus-lined cannels into the heart of the Delta.
	www.namibweb.com /okavangoriverlodgemaun.htm (509 words)

	THE OKAVANGO DELTA PEOPLES OF BOTWANA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Xanekwe lived in the Panhandle and along the Jao and Boro Rivers in the central and western Delta, and the Wayeyi lived along the Jao River in the northern Delta, on the northwestern side of the Delta, and on the southern edge of the Delta.
		The Okavango Delta is a lush tropical wetland surrounded by Kalahari desert savanna.
		Two of the results of the debate over the use of the Okavango River waters were the decision to establish a regional research center in the Okavango and the effort to plan a transboundary environmental impact assessment involving all three countries that use the waters of the Okavango River (Angola, Botswana, and Namibia).
	www.kalaharipeoples.org /documents/Okavango.htm (6670 words)

	Hydrology
		The Okavango Swamp water sources is mainly the Okavango River, as well as some other tributaries and small rivers, and even a small amount of the water comes from precipitation.
		The Okavango River arises in the Angolan Highlands.
		From the Highlands in Angola, the Okavango River is known as the Cubango River, passing through the Caprivi Strip of Namibia and eventually reaching Botswana.
	www.uvm.edu /~bphilbin/nr260/Hydrology.html (594 words)

	Okavango River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Okavango River is a river in southwest Africa.
		It begins in Angola, where it is known as the Cubango River.
		World famous for its remarkable wildlife, the Okavango is also home to about 100,000 native people who are caught between the interests of tourist operators and insurgents in tthe neighbouring Caprivi Strip.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/o/ok/okavango_river.html (145 words)

	Green Cross Italia
		The Okavango River Basin is unique in many regards, not least of which is the fact that it is the largest endoreic river system in Southern Africa, discharging into the sands of the Kalahari Desert rather than into an ocean as most rivers do.
		In the middle reaches of the river, a small dam has been built on the Omatako River, from which water is diverted for domestic and industrial purposes in the Okahanja-Windhoek complex, which lies in the Swakop River Basin in central Namibia.
		In short, the Okavango River Basin is a near-pristine river that flows through a landscape that is arid and underdeveloped, which means that a high emotional content exists within the discourse surrounding the potential development of the basin.
	www.greencrossitalia.it /ita/acqua/wfp/okavango_wfp_001.htm (3546 words)

	The Okavango .
		Spurred by huge subtropical storms, the Cubango River rises in central Angola, flows through Namibia as the Kuvango River and finally enters Botswana as the Okavango River at Mohembo in the north.
		The Okavango River is funnelled through parallel faults of the Panhandle as a deep and fast-flowing river before being confronted by another perpendicular fault with a sudden increase in gradient.
		An important feature of the Okavango is the seasonal flooding which commences in mid-summer in the north and ends about six months later in the south.
	home.imaginet.co.za /ecoafrik/okavango.htm (415 words)

	Title: OKAVANGO
		Generated by rainfall 500 miles and two countries away in the highlands of Angola, the flood wave snakes down the Okavango River and spreads across the delta, swelling its lagoons and channels and spilling outward to inundate its floodplains.
		On a bank of the river, behind a twig fence that didn't look as if it could keep out a goat, let alone a cow or a hippo, a man who told me his name was Flay Million Dube walked around his vegetable plot.
		River and rain contribute in roughly equal measure to the deltas water budget.
	www.hawaii.edu /geog_mr/geog101/07-water/okvango.htm (5254 words)

	University of Botswana Research Centres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Responsible management of the Okavango Delta is therefore a national priority as stated in Vision 2016.
		The increased pressure on the Okavango Delta caused the Government of Botswana to sign the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar) in April 1997, and identified the Okavango Delta as a wetland of international importance; a Ramsar site.
		The Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre of the University of Botswana is multidisciplinary and specializes in natural resource management research in the Okavango River Basin.
	www.ub.bw /research/hoorc.cfm (484 words)

	Okavango Delta safari Information - Botswana safari in Okavango Delta
		Before the Okavango rift formed, the Okavango River flowed directly through the area where the Okavango Delta is now, through what is now the Lakgadikgadi Pans and probably out to the Indian Ocean via the Limpopo River.
		In the upper reaches of the Delta, the river reaches a peak height in February or March, and so the Panhandle is the only area to receive the floods at the same time as the local Delta rains.
		The Okavango is constantly changing as the water moves through the channels (and with it, the animals that follow the water).
	www.eyesonafrica.net /african-safari-botswana/okavango-info.htm (2876 words)

	An Oasis in the Desert: Navigating Peace in the Okavango River Basin
		One of the last unindustrialized rivers in the world, the Okavango River drops from its headwaters in Angola down to the wide, flat delta in Botswana, crossing Namibia’s Caprivi Strip on its 1,100 km journey south to the Kalahari Desert (Nicol, 2003).
		Namibia, one of the most arid countries in Southern Africa, sees the river as a source for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses, and national leaders are considering building a 250 km pipeline to bring a small portion of the river’s flow to the capital city of Windhoek to increase its supplies of freshwater.
		OKACOM receives critical input from the community through the Okavango River Basin-wide Forum, which was established in 2002 as a parallel institution to OKACOM to give residents of riverside villages a voice in managing the river basin.
	www.wilsoncenter.org /index.cfm?topic_id=1413&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=75281 (1913 words)

	Botswana :: Nxabega Okavango Safari Camp
		The River Okavango, which rises in the highlands of Angola, never reaches the sea; instead, its mighty waters empty over the sand of the Kalahari Desert.
		Once the river passes over the first fault line, known as the Gomare fault, it splits up into several waterways and channels that spread out and create that fan like pattern that is actually visible from space.
		As the Okavango's rift subsided, it filled up with a mix of windblown sand from the Kalahari and with water-borne sediments carried into it by the waters of the Okavango River until it assumed it's present day form as a major inland alluvial fan.
	africanadrenalin.co.za /cca/nxa.htm (3092 words)

	The Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project-Lessons Learnt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		South of the delta the river is known as the Boteti which then completely dissipates into the Kalahari Desert, making the Okavango Delta the largest inland delta in the world.
		A world famous tourist destination, the Okavango Delta is also a pristine oasis that provides habitat for a diversity of wildlife plus man. Whole cultures revolve around the existence of the delta and generations of communities have been nurtured and nourished by the delta since time immemorial.
		The commendable decision by the Botswana government to seek a compromise between implementing the plan and civil society’s aspirations for the Okavango Delta is truly representative of democracy and must serve as one of the biggest lessons for water resource management debates across the world.
	www.dams.org /kbase/submissions/showsub.php?rec=opt071 (2313 words)

	National Zoo\| FONZ
		Technically called alluvial fans, all occur in arid areas where rivers encounter depressed fault-line structures that cause their flow to spread laterally in a fan-like pattern, creating a mosaic of dry land, marsh, and swamp habitats.
		Hippos and crocodiles, once superabundant throughout the Okavango, were hunted on a massive scale for their meat and hides in the mid-1900s.
		For the moment, the Okavango seems to us reasonably secure, but the tenuous stream of tourist dollars may not be enough to meet the demands and temptations of a developing nation with a burgeoning population and pressing social problems.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Publications/ZooGoer/2003/1/Okavango.cfm (3567 words)

	Changing Currents \| Boiling Point
		The Every River Has Its People Project is a co-ordinated set of activities, initially planned over a two-year period aimed at promoting the sustainable co-management of the Okavango River Basin through facilitating effective stakeholder participation in basin planning and management processes.
		The Okavango is shared by three countries: Starting in Angola, the river flows along the Namibian border and drains out into the Kalahari desert in Botswana, creating a vast expanse of lush wetland in the middle of the desert.
		The Okavango River Basin Commission (OKACOM) was formed by the three countries in 1994 to try and resolve the conflict before the river system is drastically altered.
	www.tve.org /cc/doc.cfm?aid=928 (1602 words)

	Okavango Delta
		Windblown sand, as well as the Okavango River depositing increasing amounts of sediment and debris in the lake, were gradually filling the lake.
		The Okavango River, which rises in Angola on the Benguela Plateau, flows southeastward across the Caprivi Strip in Namibia, tumbles through the Popa Falls rapids, and enters Botswana at Mohembo.
		The Thamalakane River drains the area and leads the remainder of the water to the Boteti River, which flows through a break in the fault to Lake Xau and eventually the Makgadikgadi Pans.
	www.bushways.com /delta.html (1170 words)

	Okavango River Boats - River Boat in Seronga, Okavango Delta, Botswana
		The Okavango, the largest island delta in the world, is the most unexpected of wonders: Water in the desert, spreading like an outstretched hand over the thirsty lands of the Kalahari.
		The Delta is an untouched water wilderness sanctuary, ideal for quiet discovery and ultimate enjoyment of the abundant game and bird life for which it is world famous.
		Hippos and crocs are regularly seen on the river itself, while sightings of other game is more common on the mokoro trips which take one deep into the swamp.
	www.safarinow.com /go/OkavangoRiverBoats (765 words)

	Discover Botswana, Okavango delta in Africa
		It is fed by the Okavango River, which rises in the Angolan highlands and surprisingly does not flow directly into the Atlantic but inland, southeast into Botswana.
		The gateway to the Okavango is Maun on the southern extremity of the delta.
		The Okavango is a land of plenty, carefully managed and protected, dispensing its bounty to visitors and locals alike.
	www.discover-botswana.com /articles/okavango.php (1127 words)

	IUCN Water & Nature Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The river's waters slowly trickle through a system of lakes and canals, to finally either sink into the soil or evaporate into the air.
		While the Okavango's goods and environmental services have been used for centuries by the local communities, the unmanaged and uncontrolled expansion of human activities and unclear ownership of resources are threatening the livelihoods of the Delta's inhabitants.
		Two ingredients are vital to bake this dish: one is a sound knowledge of the link between the Delta's ecology and the livelihoods its supports, and the other is the participation of the various stakeholders.
	www.waterandnature.org /1j.html (470 words)

	The Okavango Delta - Botswana
		Spurred by huge subtropical storms, the Cubango River rises in central Angola, flows through Namibia as the Kuvango River and finally enters Botswana as the Okavango River at Mohembo in the north.
		The Okavango River is funnelled through parallel faults of the Panhandle as a deep and fast-flowing river before being confronted by another perpendicular fault with a sudden increase in gradient.
		An important feature of the Okavango is the seasonal flooding which commences in mid-summer in the north and ends about six months later in the south.
	www.zambezi.co.uk /safari/botswana/okavango.html (441 words)

	Okavango Delta :: Botswana :: Locations
		The water in the delta originates in the highlands of western Angola, flows through Namibia as the Kuvango River and enters Botswana as the Okavango River at Mohembo in the north before it finally spreads over the sandy soils of the Kalahari to form a maze of lagoons, channels, palm-fringed islands and fertile floodplains.
		Formed by persistent seismic shifting of the earth’s surface, the area is a magical oasis surrounded by the sands of the Kalahari semi-desert.
		The delta is a natural refuge and giant water hole for the larger animals of the surrounding dry areas such as Nxai and Makgadikgadi Pans and the Kalahari desert.
	www.ngoko.com /botswana/okavango_delta.php (547 words)

	Okavango Delta, Safari trips to The Okavango Delta
		It is an unexpectedly tranquil and isolated oasis in the middle of the harsh, arid Kalahari Desert.
		The Cubango River which is spurred on by huge Suptropical storms flows through Nambia as the Kuvango River and enters Botswana as the Okavango River in the north.
		The Chobe river which defines the north west border is a great spot for a river safari and there are many game lodges, hotels and campsite to be found both in the area.
	www.adventuresportsholidays.com /all/Okavango-Delta.php (2149 words)

	okavango delta in botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Okavango Basin is the fourth largest international river basin in southern Africa, spreading over between 320 000 to nearly 700 000 square kilometres, depending on which source you believe.
		The catchment is named after the Kavango River which flows south-east out of southern Angola into the Caprivi Strip in northern Namibia and then south into Botswana, where it supplies the Okavango Delta.
		The Okavango Delta is the largest wetland in the international Ramsar Convention - of which Botswana is a recent signatory - which protects wetlands throughout the world.
	www.wildwatch.com /resources/other/okavango.asp (944 words)

	okavango_proj
		The semi-arid countries of Angola, Namibia and Botswana share the Okavango River basin, which is one of the principal sources of regional freshwater resource.
		The Okavango Delta is the terminal sink of the river water derives from two major tributaries, the Cubango in the west and the Quito in the east.
		The Okavango River, which originates in the tropical highlands of southern Angola, feeds the delta with approximately 11 billion cubic meters of water every year.
	www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch /general/persons/talukdar/okavango_proj.htm (1150 words)

	Okavango - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Rising as the Cubango in central Angola, the river flows about 1,600 km (1,000 mi) to its inland delta in...
		Okavango Delta, large swampy inland delta in north-western Botswana, one of the world’s largest inland water systems.
		The only permanent rivers are the Orange, Cunene, Cubanga (Okavango), and Zambezi, all of which form Namibia’s borders.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Okavango.html (79 words)

	Unimaps.com - Okavango Delta, Botswana
		The Okavango River rises as the Cubango in the Bie Plateau of central Angola and with its major tributary the Cuito, flows southeast.
		Entering Botswana, the Cubango becomes the Okavango River, widening (eventually to about 12 kilometres) and slowing as it enters the flat swampy tract of the panhandle.
		The Okavango Delta and surrounding areas attracts vast numbers of wildlife, although the Buffalo fences (ostensibly erected to stop disease spreading from wild buffalo to domestic cattle) have proved devastating for migratory animals who find themselves cut off from their traditional grazing routes.
	unimaps.com /okavango-delta/index.html (665 words)

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