Inspired by Slooh‘s Parts of a River Quest, I became curious about inland deltas. I set up several satellite missions to get images of the great expanse of the Okavango Delta.

The Okavango River does not flow into the sea but spreads fanlike into the Kalahari Basin which is a very large lowland area (endorheic basin) These are called closed basins as they collect water but have no water flowing away from them.

This Delta is formed by seasonal flooding from March to June.

I have also learned that the Okavango Delta has important carbon sinks (pools) which take up more carbon from the atmosphere than is released.

Climate change is having a detrimental effect on the delta.

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