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Close ✕Okavango Delta
An inland alluvial fan in north-western Botswana where the Okavango River terminates in permanent swamp and seasonally flooded grassland rather than reaching the sea.
-19.3, 22.9 · regional · Ramsar site 1996; World Heritage site from 22 June 2014
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- is includes of Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) — The Okavango Delta is the south-western anchor of the KAZA landscape and one of the two river systems the TFCA is named for.
- is advised inscription of of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) — IUCN, as UNESCO's advisory body on natural sites, recommended the Okavango Delta's inscription as the 1,000th World Heritage site in June 2014.
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