Botswana - Flora and fauna



Although about 90% of Botswana is covered by some kind of savanna, even the Kalahari Desert contains adequate vegetation to support tens of thousands of wild animals. Common trees are the mopane, camel-thorn, motopi (shepherd's tree), and baobab. Botswana is a natural game reserve for most animals found in southern Africa, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, African buffalo, hyenas, and 22 species of antelope. The duiker (a small, horned antelope), wildebeest (gnu), and springbok (gazelle) are familiar. Five of the country's 164 species of mammals were threatened as of 2000. Also indigenous to Botswana are an estimated 386 bird species, seven of which were threatened as of 2000.

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The African Baobab, known as the Adansonia digitata or the upside down tree is a tree that grows in most parts of Africa. It is called the upside down tree because its branches look like roots in the air. Its leaves can be used for food and they can also be used to make oil or a drink. It can also be used to make cream of tartar.

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