Riverine biodiversity, migratory fish species, riparian corridors, and wetlands.
Sourced in the wet Angolan highlands, the 1,000-mile Okavango River spreads across the arid Kalahari Desert sands to form a 15,000 km² endorheic inland wetland paradise.
Coursing 1,087 miles in an immense arc separating South Africa and Botswana from Zimbabwe, the Limpopo supports rich river safari fauna before emptying into the Indian Ocean.
Flowing 250 miles as the sole drainage outlet of the East African Rift's Lake Malawi, the Shire plunges through Kapichira Falls before merging with the lower Zambezi River.
Flowing 700 miles through tropical cloud forests and vast oxbow lagoons, the undammed Sepik supports rich tribal cultures and one of Earth's most intact river basins.
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