Lake Ngami

Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in , north of the . It is seasonally filled by the Taughe River, an effluent of the system flowing out of the western side of the .
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  • 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.

Village
is a village in of .

Village
is a village in of . is situated 8 km south of Lake Ngami.

Lake Ngami

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
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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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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