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A delta is a vast, fan-shaped creation of land, or low-lying plain, formed from successive layers of sediment washed from uplands to the mouth of some rivers, such as the Nile, the Mississippi and the Ganges. The nutrient-rich sediment is deposited by rivers at the point where, or before which, the river flows into the sea. Deltas are formed when rivers supply and deposit sediments more quickly that they can be removed by waves of ocean currents. The importance of deltas was first discovered by prehistoric man, who was attracted to them because of their abundant animal and plant life. Connecting waterways through the deltas later provided natural routes for navigation and trade, and opened up access to the interior. Deltas are highly fertile and often highly populated areas. They would be under serious threat of flooding from any sea-level rise. (Source: WRIGHT)

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McCarthy TS, Franey NJ, Ellery WN, Ellery K 1993. The use of SPOT imagery in study of environmental processes of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. South Africa Journal of Science 89 (9) 432-436

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Hamandawana H, Eckardt F, Chanda R 2005. Linking archival and remote sensed data for long term environmental monitoring. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 7 (4) 284-298

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243405000632

Mackay AW, Davidson T, Wolski P, Woodward S, Mazebedi R, Masamba WRL, Todd M 2012. Diatom sensitivity to hydrological and nutrient variability in a subtropical, flood-pulse wetland. Ecohydrology 5 (4) 491-502

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eco.242/abstract

Slattery MC 1990. Barchan Migration on the Kuiseb River Delta, Namibia. South African Geographical Journal 72 (1) 5-10

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1990.9713540#.UZ9ko9zwCUk

Bennitt E 2012. The ecology of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Website link:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573418

Wolski P, Savenije HHG, Murray-Hudson M, Gumbricht T 2006. Modelling of the flooding in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, using a hybrid reservoir-GIS model. Journal of Hydrology 331 (1-2) 58-72

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Murray-Hudson M, Wolski P, Ringrose S 2006. Scenarios of the impact of local and upstream changes in climate and water use on hydro-ecology in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Hydrology 331 (1-2) 73-84

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002216940600254X

McCarthy TS 2006. Groundwater in the wetlands of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its contribution to the structure and function of the ecosystem. Journal of Hydrology 320 (3-4) 264-282

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169405003501

The Future Okavango - Scientific support for sustainable land and resource management in the Okavango basin.

Website link:http://www.future-okavango.org/

Hamandawana H, Eckardt F, Chanda R 2005. Linking archival and remotely sensed data for long-term environmental monitoring. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 7 (4) 284-298

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243405000632

Main M 1987. The Kalahari: Life's variety in dune and delta.

Williams RE, Fernandoi DNK 1976. Hydrostatic levelling in the Okavango Delta.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 1997. Technical reports and terminal report - project findings and recommendations.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 1977. Investigation of the Okavango Delta as a Primary Water Resource for Botswana Devolment.

Potten DH 1977. Okavango Bibliography.

Heemstra HH 1976. The vegetation of the seasonal swamps.

Astle WL, Braun HB 1977. Selected soil profile descriptions.

Thangarajan M, Linn F, Uhl V, Bakaya TB, Gabaake GG 1999. Modelling an inland delta aquifer system to evolve pre-development management schemes: A case study in upper Thamalakane River Valley. Southern Africa Enviromental Geology 38 (4) 285-295

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s002540050426

SMEC 1990. Southern Okavango integrated water development.

Shaw PA 1988. Review of geomorphological history of the Delta.

Norman MJRS The hydrological network in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Ministry of Local Government Land and Housing 1989. Ecological zoning for Okavango Delta. Internal report.

Merron GS, Bruton MN 1988. The ecology and management of the fishes of the Okavango delta, Botswana, with special reference to the role of the seasonal floods. Investigational report.

Gumbricht T, McCarthy TS, Merry CL 2001. The topography of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its tectonic and sedimentological implications. South African Journal of Geology 104 243 - 264

Website link:http://sajg.geoscienceworld.org/content/104/3/243

Dincer T, Hutton LG Using stable isotopes, of flow distribution, surface-ground water relations and evaporation in the Okavango swamp, Botswana.

Dincer T, Heemstra HH, Kraatz DB 1976. The study of hydrological conditions in an experimental area in the seasonal swamp.

Crerar S 1997. The hydrology of the Okavango River upstream of the Okavango Delta. A Feasibility study on the Okavango River to Grootfontein link of the Eastern National Water Carrier.

Carruthers RM, Greenwood PG 1973. Geophysical surveys in the Okavango Delta.

Vial MC 1994. The influence and effects of disturbance on the distribution, nest ecology, breeding biology and reproductive success of the African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris in the Panhandle of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Hensman MC, Owen-Smith N, Parrini F, Bonyongo CM Home range occupation and habitat use of sable antelope in the Okavango Delta region of northern Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 52 (2) 237-245

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12111/full

Baines L, Morgan ER, Ofthilfe M, Evans K 2015. Occurrence and seasonality of internal parasite infection in elephants, Loxodonta africana, in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4 (1) 43-48

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224415000061

Modisi MP 2000. Fault system at the southeastern boundary of the Okavango Rift, Botswana. Journal of African Earth Sciences 30 (3) 569-578

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899536200000397

Sebotho DL, Toteng B 2010. Exploring prospects for enhancing community participation in protected area management: A case study of the Moremi Game Reserve Area. Botswana Notes and Records 42 100-111

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/23237975

Mbaiwa JE, Darkoh MBK 2008. The socio-economic and environmental effects of the implementation of the tourism policy of 1990 in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 138-155

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236640

Lepetu J, Bernard FE, Orford CE 2008. Limits of acceptable change for tourism in the Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 98-112

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236637

Mbaiwa JE, Thakadu OT, Darkoh MBK 2008. Indigenous knowledge and ecotourism-based livelihoods in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 62-74

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236634

Mosepele K, Onalethata B, Mosepele B, Thethela B 2005. Using population parameters to separate fish stocks in the Okavango Delta fishery: A preliminary assessment. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 292-305

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980421

Bonyongo C 2005. Habitat utilization by Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 227-235

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980416

Wolski P, Masaka T, Raditsebe L, Murray-Hudson M 2005. Aspects of seasonal dynamics of flooding in the Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 179-195

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Magole L, Thapelo T 2005. The impact of extreme flooding of the Okavango River on the livelihood of the molapo farming community of Tubu village, Ngamiland sub-district, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 125-137

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980409

Kgathi DL, Ngwenya BN 2005. Community based natural resource management and social sustainability in Ngamiland, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 61-79

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980405

Thakadu OT, Mangadi KT, Bernard FE, Mbaiwa JE 2005. The economic contribution of safari hunting to rural livelihoods in the Okavango: The case of Sankuyo Village. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 22-39

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980403

Mmopelwa G, Raletsatsi S, Mosepele K 2005. Cost benefit analysis of commercial fishing in Shakawe, Ngamiland. Botswana Notes and Records 37 (Special Edition on Human Interactions and Natural Resource Dynamics in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland) 11-21

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980402

Bonyongo MC, Mubyana T, Totolo O, Veenandaal EM 2002. Flooding and soil nutrient status in the Okavango Delta's seasonal floodplains. Botswana Notes and Records 34 123-130

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980328

Mbaiwa JE 2002. Environmental impacts of tourism development in the Okavango. Botswana Notes and Records 34 67-78

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980323

Hitchcock RK 1999. Water resource use and management in the Okavango system of southern Africa: the political economy of state, community and private resource control. Botswana Notes and Records 31 83-92

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980240

Gieske A 1996. Modelling of surface outflow from the Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 28 165-192

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980140

Roodt V 1998. Trees and shrubs of the Okavango Delta: medicinal uses and nutritional value.

Website link:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4145190

Roodt V 1991. Common wild flowers of the Okavango Delta : medicinal uses and nutritional value.