Botswana : In News
India and Botswana formally announced the translocation of eight Cheetahs from the African nation during the State visit of President of India.
- Botswana is a landlocked country located in the center of Southern Africa.
- It is bordered by four countries – Namibia to the north and west, South Africa to the south and southeast, Zimbabwe to the northeast, and it also borders Zambia to the north.
- Botswana is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the African Union, and the Southern African Development Community.
- Capital City: Gaborone
- The country is divided into three main environmental regions.
- Hardveld Region: It consists of rocky hill ranges and areas of shallow sand cover in eastern Botswana.
- Sandveld Region: It is the area of deep Kalahari sand covering the rest of the country.
- It is superimposed on the northern sandveld in the lowest part of the Kalahari Basin.
- The main rivers in Botswana are Okavango, Chobe, Limpopo and Molopo.
