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Resources: The Flooded Desert


The Water Page: The Okavango

http://www.africanwater.org/okavango.htm
Read articles on water issues in the Okavango Delta and find out about plans for its use in the future.


Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana

http://www.mindspring.com/~okavango/
Discover the indigenous peoples of the Kalahari and the Okavango. An extensive collection of links on the region is included.


Discover Botswana: Okavango Delta in Africa

http://www.discover-botswana.com/articles/okavango.php
Learn more about the climate, wildlife, people, and attractions of the Okavango area.


Greatest Places: Okavango

http://www.greatestplaces.org/notes/okavango.htm
The history and geology of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pan and the Okavango are presented in this informative article.


Conservation International: Southern Africa

http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/regions/africa/safrica.xml
Find out what’s threatening Southern Africa’s environment and learn about current campaigns working to save endangered wildlife.


Okavango Delta: Okavango Swamp Wildlife

http://www.wildlifesafari.info/okavango.htm
Learn which animals thrive in the Kalahari and which prefer the cool waters of the Delta.

Books

Bailey, Adrian. OKAVANGO: AFRICA’S WETLAND WILDERNESS. London: New Holland Books, 1999.

Lanting, Frans and Eckstrom, Christine. OKAVANGO: AFRICA’S LAST EDEN. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993.

Ross, Karen. OKAVANGO: JEWEL OF THE KALAHARI. Hampshire: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990.

Scholz, Christopher. FIELDWORK: A GEOLOGIST’S MEMOIR OF THE KALAHARI. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997.

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Zoe -- March 21st, 2009 at 9:32 am

Nature’s films about the Kalahari and Okavango Delta inspire my writings as a poet and a lover of nature’s beauty and magic. I marvel at the incredible number of life forms that surround us. How could anyone with a curious mind be despondent, downhearted or depressed. Thank you for this great gift, this great reminder that we are all stewards of this grand chain-of-life-that-links-us-one to-another. Your films are works of art.

Larry -- March 22nd, 2009 at 4:56 am

Since I was a child, I have always been intrigued and fascinated by the wildlife on the African continent. Until October of 2008, I only saw these great places and animals only on television, but it became a reality when I went to the Kalahari and what a humbling experience it was. I can’t wait until I make it back down there to see more of the wildlife with my own eyes. It has always been a goal in my life and I actually got to experience it. I am definitely looking forward to my next trip, which I think I am going to the Kalahari Desert again. I hope to make it back in July of 2010. I love watching these programs and keep up the good work.

patrick verney -- April 29th, 2009 at 6:13 am

who can we find the original music of Kalahari
Resources: The Flooded Desert writing by Hal Lindes
thank you and sorry by my bad english…………..

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