did you know that botswana keeps 42 percent of its land for wildlife parks and reserves
that's nearly half a country reserved for wildlife conservation clearly wildlife conservation is very
important to the people of botswana. and it's for that reason that batman is ring number one
for its efforts to protect wildlife i was kind and that's how people in that's why they say hello
botswana is located in the southern africa it's known for its elephants humongous islands and
vastness the kalahari desert is africa's second largest issue and it covers most of botswana
it may surprise you to learn that lots of animals live in the kalahari and that's because
the kalahari is actually a semi-arid desert that means it gets more rain than a regular hot desert
speaking about elephants you know that botswana is home to the largest population of elephants
on earth more than one third of the world's elephants live here and if you think that's
amazing wait till you hear the next spot 50 years ago there were only eight thousand infants in this
one but today they are over 150 000 so what's what's one secret how do you create wildlife
paradise in the middle of a desert first you gotta have a lot of space this one has tons and
tons and tons of it botswana has one of the lowest population density in the world only two million
people live in the country has been response france on the other hand has 67 million people
secondly that big space has to be suitable forward and more to live in just like a grassland
finally it helps not to have lots of barriers on land there is like fences disturb animal movement
so with enough land sprawling grassland movement of animals that's one it's the perfect place
for africa's longest land mammal migration every rainy season tens of thousands of zebras traveled
more than a thousand kilometers to botswana their final destination is the makgadikgadi
salt pans the largest salt plant on earth botswane is a land of many treasures,
both above and below the ground the largest diamond mine in the world is found in that's why
in gabarone the capital city you will find the world's largest rough diamond trading center
but whatever is changes the okavango delta is the most magical in northern madrana a river flows in
the desert most rivers empty into a sea or lake but the okavango river empties into an open land
creating a lush wetland it is one of africa's seven natural wonders from the desert to the delta
there are so many choices to discover in botswana if you want to learn more about
persona be sure to check out the kids adventures in africa book series the cube
adventures in africa book series takes you on the journey to travel every country in africa
as told by a kid just like you it's packed with lots of fun information