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Okavango River

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Okavango River

 in Angola Cubango River

River, southwest-central Africa. It is the fourth longest river system in the region. Rising in central Angola, it forms a section of the boundary between Angola and Namibia. It empties into the Okavango Swamp, a large wetland north of Lake Ngami in northern Botswana, after a course of about 1,000 mi (1,600 km). It is unnavigable except for small craft, and its banks are sparsely settled; a major problem for inhabitants is control of the tsetse fly. The Moremi Wildlife Reserve in the northeastern corner of the swamp teems with wildlife.



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Botswana raised a public outcry after Namibia announced emergency drought plans to divert water from the Okavango River.
Bush pilots flew the expedition to an airstrip about 30 miles from a camp on the Okavango River, close to where it leaves the borders of Angola and Namibia.
 
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