Welcome To Botswana
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Geography
Botswana is a landlocked Country in Southern Africa that has many geography features. Like the Kalahari Dessert which covers more than 70 percent of Botswana. The dessert also revives more rain fall per year than the average dessert.Even though it gets more water than most desserts,but Botswana still has many drought problems. Okavango Delta is a very large out land delta.The Savannah dessert is a dessert in Botswana. Botswana is 581,730 square km long.Which means it's smaller than Texas!The climate in Botswana includes warm winters and hot summers! Every country has a few natural resources Botswana is no exception,they have many natural resources!Which include Nickel,Diamonds,Iron Ore,Copper,Salt,Soda Ash,Potash,Coal,and Silver!Botswana has many landforms like the desserts and deltas!The Makgadkgadi Pans are salt pans.Which spill into Zimbabwe!A salt pan is a container where salt water in the ground evaporates leaving deposits of salt!These pans were once part of the Kalahari Basin.Another land form is the Tsodilo Hills.Even though most of Botswana is flat there are scattered hills in some parts of the country. The hills rise 4,800 feet high from the Kalahari!The hills are a major tourist attraction in Botswana.Near the Okavango there are many of the country's major rivers!Like Limpopo and it's tributaries! Others include Chobe which evenly drain through the Zambezi River!Another River is the Molopo River!Botswana also has major cities like the capital Gambore. Other major cities include Maun,Serowe,Kanye,Muchudi,Molepolole,and Francistown. Desicrifiaction is a major issue in Botswana.The effects include poaching,when the wild life is exposed and in need of a home,they are targeted for hunting.Others include Greenhouse effect,Water cycle,and Increased soil erosion are just a few thing that can happen!
Kalahari Desert
Physical Map
Okavango Delta
History
2000-Devistating floods, more than 60,000 people are homeless
2000-President Mugabe claims aids drugs will become free of charge
2011-Civil Servants start a strike over pay for 2 months
2012-Goverment bans commercial hunting
Culture
Holidays include New Years Day January 1 ,Good Friday in April,Easter April, May 1 Labour Day,Assignation May,Sir Sertease Khama Day July 1,Presidents' Day 3rd Sunday in July,September 30th Botswana day,Christmas December 25th,Boxing Day December 26!Additional information!Schools in Botswana are ranked 5th in the world.Otherwise Botswana is a regular country!The death rate is really low and sterilization rate is high!Botswana is right now a effective country!
Clothing in Botswana
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Red Deer
Frigate bird
Landscape Of Botswana
Landscape Of Botswana
Landscape Of Botswana
Government
Economy
Top 5 Places To Visit!
#2 Moremi Game Resserve
#3 Okavango Delta
#4 Serowe
#5 Kasane