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Okavango River

River in southwestern Africa

Body of waterriverQ188773

Also known as Cubango · Kavango

Length: 1,600 km
Discharge: 500 cubic metre per second
Origin of the watercourse: Bié Plateau
Mouth: Okavango Delta
Country: Angola
, Botswana
, Namibia
Watershed area: 800,000 km²

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The Okavango River is a river in southwestern Africa. It is known by this name in Botswana, as Cubango in Angola, and Kavango in Namibia. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for 1,600 km (1,000 mi). It begins at an elevation of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in the sandy highlands of Angola. Farther south, it forms part of the border between Angola and Namibia, and then flows into Botswana. The Okavango does not have an outlet to the sea. Instead, it discharges into the Okavango Delta or Okavango Alluvial Fan, in an endorheic basin in the Kalahari Desert. The Cuito River is a major tributary.

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Category for the water basin: Category:Okavango Basin
Tributary: Cuito River
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Drainage basin: Kalahari Basin

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