Lake Ngami
Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in Botswana, north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Taughe River, an effluent of the Okavango River system flowing out of the western side of the Okavango Delta.- Type: Lake (intermittent)
- Description: endorheic basin in Botswana
- Also known as: “Ngami ezers”, “Ngami-See”, “Ngamis”, “Ngamisjön”, and “ヌガミ湖”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sehithwa and Botlhatlogo.
Botlhatlogo
Village
Botlhatlogo is a village in North-West District of Botswana. Botlhatlogo is situated 8 km south of Lake Ngami.
Lake Ngami
- Categories: endorheic lake and body of water
- Location: Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-20.48573° or 20° 29′ 9″ south
Longitude
22.72869° or 22° 43′ 43″ east
Elevation
927 metres (3,041 feet)
Open location code
5GF4GP7H+PF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
OpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Lake Ngami” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ngamimeer”
- Basque: “Ngami aintzira”
- Bulgarian: “Нгами”
- Burmese: “ဂါမိကန်”
- Catalan: “Llac Ngami”
- Cebuano: “Lake Ngami”
- Chinese: “恩加米湖”
- Czech: “Ngami”
- Dutch: “Ngamimeer”
- Finnish: “Ngamijärvi”
- French: “lac Ngami”
- French: “Lac Ngami”
- Georgian: “ნგამი”
- German: “Ngamisee”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Ngami”
- Hungarian: “Ngami-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Ngami”
- Italian: “Lago Ngami”
- Japanese: “ンガミ湖”
- Latvian: “Nami ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Ngamio ežeras”
- Malagasy: “farihy Ngami”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ngami”
- Polish: “Ngami”
- Portuguese: “Lago Ngami”
- Russian: “Нгами”
- Slovenian: “Ngami (jezero)”
- Slovenian: “Ngami”
- Spanish: “Lago Ngami”
- Swedish: “Ngami”
- Tswana: “Letsha la Ngami”
- Turkish: “Ngami Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Нгамі”
- Welsh: “Llyn Ngami”
- Wu Chinese: “恩加米湖”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bodibeng and Toteng.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Sehithwa Police Station and NG/38.
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Worth a closer look: Gaborone and Okavango Delta.
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