Okavango Delta in Botswana Resembles a Bird's Footprint!

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Okavango Delta is Rich by Nature!

The Bayei people, one of several tribes dwelling in the Okavango Delta, use a poem to teach their children about the delta: "I am the river. My surface gives you life. Below is death." The death below refers to the crocodiles in the region as they are a threat to both, the people and the animals of the delta.

Okavango Delta in Botswana

Okavango Delta in Botswana has the richest and beautiful nature in Africa. There are many beautiful sites in the oasis where beautiful and dangerous species live.

The Delta resembles from the space a footprint of a bird. It forms a labyrinth of lakes, lagoons and hidden channels covering an area of over 15,000 square kilometres, making it the largest inland delta in the world.

Okavango Delta is trapped by the parched Kalahari Desert and has no permanent outlet to the sea, and it is a magnet for wildlife, which is dependent on the delta and its regular floods.

Each summer starting from December in the north, and from May in the south, the waters of Okavango-Delta flooded. Some Islands disappear completely because of the floods.

11 cubic kilometres of water reaches the Okavango Delta every year. The water is exceptionally clean because there are no crops grown in the way and no industry along the adjacent rivers.

The Okavango River has no basin to the sea. It ends into the sands of Kalahari Desert, irrigating 15,000 square kilometres of it. The water runs south to reach Lake Ngami. 90 million litres of water flow into the delta yearly.

Five ethnic groups, each with its own identity and language, live around the delta. These are Hambukushu, Dceriku, Wayeyi, Bugakhwe, and Ilanikhwe. The first three are Bantus and the late two are Bushmen.

This is one of the world's richest areas in terms of wildlife and these ethnic groups share the land with countless species such as the elephant, buffalo, hippopotamus, wildebeest, giraffe, lion, wild dog, antelope, zebra, blue wildebeest, cheetah, greater kudu, sable antelope, baboon and many more - including the crocodile. There are also many kinds of birds including African fish eagle, the crested crane, the lilac-breasted roller, ostrich and sacred ibis.

Through some precipitations, it is expected that rainfall will decrease due to climate changes and the temperature in the region predicted to rise, so delta huge peat bogs might dry out. This implies a risk that the peat will ignite and release huge amounts of greenhouse gases.

The tribes that live around the delta could be forced to find new homes elsewhere and resettle there. To survive they will have to adjust their lifestyle, which would have a negative impact on the unique culture that exists among the tribes in the Okavango Delta.

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