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“Surprised near a Mababe water-hole, a Burchell’s zebra bolts to safety. The Mababe Depression forms parts of the northern Ngamiland zebra migration route.” Potgieter, Herman and Clive Walker. Okavango from the Air. Cape Town, South Africa: Struikhof Publishers (Pty) Ltd, 1989. Print. |
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“Under the Kalahari sun, a staggering 95 percent of the delta’s water evaporates each year. When the water level begins to drop in August, floodplains are drained and sand banks are exposed along the channels that vein the swamp. The banks become nurseries for the eggs of shorebirds and crocodiles, whose young need to hatch before the water rises again.” Lanting, Frans. Okavango: Africa’s Last Eden. Cologne, Germany: Taschen GmbH, 2012. Print. |
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“When the Okavango swells with a new flood, water rushes through every sinuous passage. Rivers overflow their channels and spill onto floodplains; in a matter of months, the delta can literally double in size.” Lanting, Frans. Okavango: Africa’s Last Eden. Cologne, Germany: Taschen GmbH, 2012. Print. |
See also: Okavango Introduction – Books – Video