Nxai Pan National Park

Nxai Pan National Park
IUCN category II (national park)

Baines Baobabs, Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana
Location Botswana
Coordinates 20°02′30″S 24°46′08″E / 20.0416666667°S 24.7688888889°E / -20.0416666667; 24.7688888889Coordinates: 20°02′30″S 24°46′08″E / 20.0416666667°S 24.7688888889°E / -20.0416666667; 24.7688888889
Area 2578 km²
Established 1992

Nxai Pan National Park is a national park in north-eastern Botswana, consisting of Nxai Pan, which is one of the Makgadikgadi Pan salt flats. Nxai Pan National Park lies just north of the Maun-Nata main road and adjoins the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park on its northern border. The pan itself is a fossil lakebed about 40 square km in size.[1]

Notes

This park is considered for inclusion in the 5 Nation Kavango - Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area.

References

  1. ↑ "Botswana Travel Guide to Nxai Pan". Siyabona Africa. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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