Makgadikgadi Pan
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The Makgadikgadi Pan is a large salt pan in Northern Botswana.
Commercial operations to mine salt and soda ash began in 1991.
The main water source is the Nata river, called Amanzinyama in Zimbabwe where it rises at Sandown about 60 kilometres from Bulawayo.
Kubu Island, a rock island, is within the Makgadikgadi Pan.
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