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English: The Okavango Delta is an oasis in Africa’s Kalahari Desert. When the Kalahari reaches its driest phase—when plants wither and animals hunt for drinking water—the Okavango provides it. But starting in 2009, the delta provided more than usual, and excess water overflowed into other land depressions in the region.
One of the waterways linked to the Okavango Delta is the Savuti River, roughly 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of the sprawling inland delta. On May 26, 2012, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of water flowing through the Savuti River and into Savuti Swamp. The swamp sits inside the larger Mababe Depression within Botswana’s Chobe National Park. Afrikaans: Die Okawangodelta is 'n oase in die Kalahariwoestyn, wat die woestyn in die droëseisoen voed wanneer plante verwelk en diere na water soek. Van 2009 af het die delta egter meer as die gewone gelewer en oortollige water het na ander nabye laagtes oorgevloei. Een van die waterweë wat aan die delta gekoppel is, is die Sawoetirivier wat tot sowat 80 km (50 myl) noordoos van die uitgebreide binnelandse delta strek. Op 26 Mei 2012 het die Gevorderde Landafbeelder op NASA se Aardobservasie-1-satelliet (d.i. EO-1 ALI) hierdie beeld van water wat via die Sawoetirivier noordwaarts na die Sawoetimoeras vloei in natuurlike kleur vasgelê. Die moeras is geleë binne die Mababe-laagte van Botswana se Nasionale Chobewildtuin. |
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Camera location | 18° 42′ 07.87″ S, 24° 07′ 16.21″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | -18.702187; 24.121170 |
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