Okavango River

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international river of Africa river

The Okavango River is a major river in southwest Africa that famously fans out into the vast Okavango Delta, one of the world’s largest inland wetlands and a critical wildlife habitat.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Okavango River canonical 6
Chobe River (via Linyanti/Chobe system) 1
Kavango River 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international river of Africa ⓘ
river ⓘ
abbreviation OKACOM for basin commission ⓘ
alternativeName Cuito River ⓘ
surface form: Cubango River
associatedEcosystem Okavango Delta ⓘ
surface form: Okavango Delta wetland
basinCountry Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryTraversed Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
createsFeature Okavango Delta ⓘ
doesNotEmptyInto ocean ⓘ
drainageType endorheic ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance supports high biodiversity in Okavango Delta ⓘ
emptiesInto Okavango Delta ⓘ
endorheic basin ⓘ
floodSeasonTiming floods Okavango Delta during Southern Hemisphere winter ⓘ
flowsIntoEcoregion Okavango Delta ⓘ
flowsThrough Caprivi Strip ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Angola and Namibia ⓘ
Namibia and Botswana ⓘ
governedBy Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission ⓘ
hydrologicalType inland delta forming river ⓘ
importance critical water source in arid Kalahari region ⓘ
major wildlife habitat support ⓘ
knownFor large inland wetland system ⓘ
seasonal flooding of Okavango Delta ⓘ
length approximately 1,000 miles ⓘ
approximately 1,600 km ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southern Africa ⓘ
southwestern Africa ⓘ
majorTributary Cuito River ⓘ
surface form: Cubango River

Cuito River ⓘ
mouthLocation Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Okavango Delta ⓘ
partOf Okavango River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Okavango River Basin
passesThrough Kalahari Desert ⓘ
surface form: Kalahari Desert region
sourceLocation Angola ⓘ
Bié Plateau ⓘ
supportsActivity fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
threat climate change impacts ⓘ
water abstraction projects ⓘ
waterSource summer rains in central Angola ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Africa → hasMajorRiver → Okavango River ⓘ
Cuando River → flowsInto → Okavango River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chobe River (via Linyanti/Chobe system)
Okavango Delta → formedByRiver → Okavango River ⓘ
Okavango River → partOf → Okavango River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okavango River Basin
Namibia and Botswana → shareRiverSystem → Okavango River ⓘ
Caprivi Strip → traversedByRiver → Okavango River ⓘ
Bwabwata National Park → traversedBy → Okavango River ⓘ
Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area → namedAfter → Okavango River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kavango River
Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area → followsRiverBasin → Okavango River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okavango River basin
northern Botswana → traversedByRiver → Okavango River ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Botswana