Makgadikgadi Pan

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Makgadikgadi Pan
Makgadikgadi Pan

The Makgadikgadi Pan is a large salt pan in Northern Botswana, the largest the salt flat complex in the world, stretching out over 12,000 km2.[1]

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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  1. ^ World Wildlife Fund Ecoregion Reports: "Zambezian halophytics" Website accessed 21 March 2007. However, Makgadikgadi is not a single pan but many pans with sandy desert in between which has been counted in the area estimate. The largest individual pan is about 5,000 km2, and it is frequently covered with water. Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia on the other hand is a single salt flat of 10,582 km2 and rarely has much water and claims to be the world's largest salt pan.