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2014-06-22

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Am 22. Juni 2014 wurde das weltweit größte Binnendelta des Okavango in Botswana zum Weltnaturerbe erklärt. Das Welterbe-Komitee der UNESCO beschloss, die einzigartige Landschaft als 1.000. Gebiet in die Liste des Welterbes aufzunehmen. Der Okavango mit unzähligen Flussarmen, die ein riesiges Binnendelta bilden, versickert im Wüstensand, ohne je den Ozean zu erreichen. Im Okavango-Delta finden sich etwa 1.300 Pflanzenarten, 500 Vogelarten, 190 Reptilien- und Amphibienarten und 150 Säugetierarten. Es bietet seltenen Säugetieren wie dem Afrikanischen Wildhund dem Spitzmaulnashorn, Elefanten, Schwarzbüffeln, Löwen und Leoparden ein Zuhause.

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On 22 June 2014, Botswana’s Okavango Delta became the 1000th site inscribed on the World Heritage List. Okavango was inscribed as a natural site by the World Heritage Committee. This delta in northwest Botswana comprises permanent marshlands and seasonally flooded plains. It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the river Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronised their biological cycles with these seasonal rains and floods. It is an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes. The Okavango delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, such as the cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.

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