To the south and west of Botswana lies the great Kalahari Desert. The land area of Botswana Africa is a plateau region and experiences a dry
climate. The eastern part of this African country is covered by hills. The Okavango River lies to its northwest and it flows into the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami. As a result, it forms a low lying wet land. The southwest part of Botswana receives rainfall less than 23 centimeter per year. To its north the rainfall is something around 64 centimeters. In one word it can be said that the climate of Botswana Africa is of subtropical type. The varied types of
Botswana Land and People offer unique characteristic features to this beautiful country of Africa.
The indigenous people of Botswana are known as the Khosean or the Basarwa. Twenty different tribes constitute the population of Botswana. Some of the population of Botswana came from the neighboring countries of Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola, South Africa and Zambia. Setswana is the primary language of the people of Botswana. The total population in the year 1998 in the month of July was approximately 1, 448,454.
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