Seasonal influxes of floodwater into the Okavango Delta attract an incredible biodiversity ... increasing the area of wetland from around 3,100 square kilometers (1,200 square miles) to around ...

The result of these asynchronies is that the Okavango Delta gets three separate pulses of water annually, giving it a longer and more varied supply of moisture than most freshwater wetlands enjoy.

The Okavango Delta is probably the closest any of us will get to the Garden of Eden. It was here in northern Botswana, about 200,000 years ago, that the first modern humans were born. They lived ...

An Expedition in the Okavango Delta Showcases Botswana's Magnificience—and ... then spill into a fan-shaped 4,600-square-mile wetland before vanishing into the sands of the Kalahari ...