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14 Aerial photos from Okavango Delta:
from: Moremi Wildlife Reserve |
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The Okavango River in the panhandle reaches its highwater in March. Then the water needs more than 3 month to reach Maun.
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Picture taken 21.5.2008 -
aerial photo #0017-0068
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The buffalo fence is 3000km long and was erected in 1954 to segregate wild buffalo herds from domestic free-range cattle. It was built to prevent the spread of foot and mouth desease. The problem is that the fence prevents wild animals from migrating to water sources along age-old seasonal routes. As a result Botswanas wildebeest population declined by 99% over the past decade and all buffalo and zebra are stranded north of the fence.
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Picture taken 24.8.2007 -
aerial photo #0014-0635
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Typical kraal in Botswana. Houses are sourrounded by thornbushes to protect the inhabitants from
wild animals.
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Picture taken 21.5.2008 -
aerial photo #0017-0076
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