Okavango River
The Okavango River, is a river in southwest Africa. It is known by this name in Botswana, and as Cubango in Angola, and Kavango in Namibia. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for 1,600 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in southwestern Africa
- Also known as: “Okava-Ongo”, “Okovanggo”, “Okovanggo River”, “Okovango”, and “Okovango River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seronga.
Seronga
Village
Seronga is a village in North-West District, Botswana. It is located close to beginning of the Okavango Delta, and has a local airstrip. The population of Seronga was 1,641 in 2001 census. Seronga is situated 8 km north of Okavango River.
Okavango River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Okavango River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Okavango River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Okavangorivier”
- Arabic: “أوكافانغو”
- Arabic: “نهر أوكافانغو”
- Armenian: “Օկավանգո”
- Arpitan: “Okavango”
- Asturian: “Ríu Okavango”
- Azerbaijani: “Okavanqo çayı”
- Basque: “Cubango”
- Basque: “Kubango”
- Basque: “Okavango ibaia”
- Basque: “Okavango”
- Belarusian: “Акаванга”
- Belarusian: “Кубанга”
- Belarusian: “Рака Акаванга”
- Bosnian: “Okavango”
- Breton: “Okavango”
- Bulgarian: “Кубанго”
- Bulgarian: “Окаванго”
- Catalan: “Cubango”
- Catalan: “Okavango”
- Catalan: “riu Okavango”
- Cebuano: “Rio Cubango (suba sa Namibya)”
- Cebuano: “Rio Cubango”
- Chinese: “奥卡万戈河”
- Chinese: “奥卡万高河”
- Chinese: “奧卡萬戈河”
- Chuvash: “Окаванго”
- Croatian: “Cubango”
- Croatian: “Okavango”
- Czech: “Cubango”
- Czech: “Okavango”
- Czech: “Okawango”
- Danish: “Okavango”
- Dutch: “Cubango”
- Dutch: “Okavango”
- Esperanto: “Okavango”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Okavango”
- Estonian: “Cubango”
- Estonian: “Okavango jõgi”
- Estonian: “Okavango”
- Finnish: “Kavangojoki”
- Finnish: “Okavango”
- French: “Cubango”
- French: “Fleuve Okavango”
- French: “Kubango”
- French: “Okavango”
- Galician: “Río Okavango”
- Georgian: “ოკავანგო”
- German: “Kavango”
- German: “Okavango”
- German: “Okawango”
- Greek: “Οκαβάνγκο”
- Hausa: “Kogin Okavango”
- Hebrew: “אוקבנגו”
- Hebrew: “נהר האוקבנגו”
- Hindi: “ओकावंगो नदी”
- Hungarian: “Okavango”
- Icelandic: “Okavangofljót”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Okavango”
- Irish: “Abhainn Okavango”
- Italian: “Cubango”
- Italian: “Okavango”
- Japanese: “オカヴァンゴ川”
- Japanese: “オカバンゴ川”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Cubango”
- Korean: “오카방고강”
- Kotava: “Okavango (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Okavango”
- Latin: “Cubango”
- Latvian: “Okavango”
- Lithuanian: “Kubangas”
- Lithuanian: “Okavangas”
- Macedonian: “Окаванго”
- Malayalam: “ഒക്കവാങ്കോ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ოკავანგო (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ოკავანგო”
- Northern Frisian: “Okavango”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Okavango”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Okavangoelven”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Okavango”
- Norwegian: “Okavango”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Okavango”
- Persian: “رود اوکاوانگو”
- Polish: “Cubango”
- Polish: “Kubango-Okawango”
- Polish: “Kubango”
- Polish: “Okawango”
- Polish: “Rzeka Okawango”
- Portuguese: “Okavango”
- Portuguese: “Rio Cubango”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kubango”
- Portuguese: “Rio Okavango”
- Romanian: “Okavango”
- Romanian: “Okawango”
- Russian: “Кубанго”
- Russian: “Окаванго”
- Serbian: “Okavango”
- Serbian: “Окаванго”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Okavango”
- Slovak: “Okavango”
- Slovenian: “Okavango”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوکاوانقو چایی”
- Spanish: “Cubango”
- Spanish: “Okavango”
- Spanish: “Rio Cubango”
- Spanish: “Rio Okavango”
- Spanish: “Río Okavango”
- Swahili: “Okavango”
- Swedish: “Okavango”
- Swedish: “Okavangofloden”
- Tamil: “ஒக்கவாங்கோ ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโอกาวางโก”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Okavango”
- Turkish: “Okavango Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Кубанго”
- Ukrainian: “Окаванго”
- Ukrainian: “Окаванґо”
- Uzbek: “Kubango”
- Venetian: “Fiume Okavango”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Okavango”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Okavango”
- Welsh: “Afon Okavango”
- Welsh: “Okavango”
- Wu Chinese: “奥卡万戈河”
- Yakut: “Окаванго”
- Yue Chinese: “奧卡萬戈河”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ikwaka and Salidiro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seronga.
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