Lake Ngami

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The Lake Ngami ( Nhalee ) is a lake in Botswana. It lies on the northern border of the Kalahari Desert, 890 meters above sea level. M. in a profound reduction of the South African plateau ( Soa salt pan 740 m). Its area, 770 km ² earlier takes, steadily, as is evident from many abandoned buildings a Fischotterart, it now resembles a reedy swamp. From northwest ago cause side arms of the diver or Tioge, called the upper reaches Kubango, Okavango, in the rainy season water after it passes through the O Botletle or Suga from. The north shore is sandy surrounded with single large trees, the southern shore of low mountains, which probably indicate a fracture edge. The shorelines are rich in wildlife (Ibis, Egrets and tasty fish); the scanty vegetation consists of representatives of the Herero and the Ambolandes ( acacia, palm family, Baobab, Sterculia ). 1849 discovered by David Livingstone in 1853 researched by Karl Johan Andersson, 1886 by Hans Schinz, traveled in 1890 by the Austrian geologist Eduard spot, the whole area was last explored by Siegfried Passarge. 1894 settled here 30 Boer families.