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.

Water emergencies are deeply personal to us. Coming from Southeast Asia and southern Africa--two regions that struggle with ...

Along with its major tributary, the Cuito, it feeds the Okavango Delta — one of the most biologically rich and culturally significant wetlands in the world. Each year, its floodwaters nourish a ...

In northern Botswana, the river turns into one of the planet’s most Edenic landscapes—the vast wetland wilderness known as the Okavango River Delta. Into the Okavango, a National Geographic ...

Image above: The Okavango's annual flood edges closer to the Xudum pride's territory. Botswana’s Okavango Delta is one of the most remarkable and unique ecosystems on Earth. Image above: The ...

Read more: Meet The Most Indestructible Organism Ever Discovered Henry was born in Botswana's Okavango Delta in 1900 and lived most of his life in this vast wetland in the northwest of the country.

In Africa, animals—large and small—are found at water holes. The Okavango Delta, teeming with wildlife, and still pristine, is one of the great water holes of the continent. In a channel of ...

As temperatures drop and days get shorter towards winter, Okavango students are in for a horrific chill, one of learning under shrubs in sub-temperatures with empty stomachs in the dark. Deep in the ...

Photo Credit: Machaba Botswana-based Machaba Safaris will open its first permanent water camp, Monachira Camp, in the Okavango Delta in May ... floodplains and wetlands. While traditional game ...

It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the ...