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created by the fault, the Thamalakane River. Roughly 40 km to the west, the water found a break in the Thamalakane Fault. Again at a right angle it empties the Thamalakane River and forms the
455: 386: 323: 260:'s flow was blocked by the Thamalakane fault and it started to fan out and built myriads of water channels - what is now known as the 41: 494: 448: 107: 88: 60: 45: 67: 441: 489: 474: 74: 34: 484: 479: 56: 283:, which incurs seasonal desiccation in some lower reaches. In the rainy season the Boteti discharges to the 365: 272: 291: 81: 290:
In older days, the Boro fed not only the Thamalakane River but also smaller channels like the
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developed. Water supply to Maun is from well fields along the Thamalakane and
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The IUCN review of the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project
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