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tol can in ivorsity otspots. _ . . . . ._ . ‘ _
mhmozkgmdin Ludmsky)‘ to mcet the ptoplc living at the sources in dlslrlbuttd in the Okavangta Zvaxl-lblezl ‘Water
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fishing awlskeptwaldvoverdxeteam Angolan highlands cut mi‘ from the world home to previously-unknown populations of
““""‘9“""Y "'°'“i"‘9°'P°‘“"9 for so long Almost 2.500km of paddling Endangered species. llkewilddngandcheetah,
and prepp?ng1or|aunch.These owls _ d In h Gk R‘ ‘ B_ . H H hi 1 “k I. 1 d
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rough‘ aim; gym-3.-.95 5... 53.495, took us from the previously. and surprisingly. hyetlzl. elephant, siiarunga. and sable and roan
(Photo: Madelzine Fania). undocumented source lake of the Cuito River antelope. A true. yet surprising, paradis: high
to Lake Xau in the Makgadigadi Pans. This 121- up in the Angolan highlands.
day expedition resulted in an unprecedented since 2015, the expedition team has
bascline dalascl across an entire river basin. explored the full-lengths of the Cuannvale.
From 2015 to 20l9. when not exploring Cubango, Kembo and Cuantltl Rivers,
remote sections or lmportlmt rivcrs and completing all major rivers and lribularlcs in
tributariesourscicncc havt-been workingvcry Lha olrnvsngn and Kwando River Buslns. ln
hard to rediscover these mysterious Angolan 2019, we explored a new part of the Oknvangt)
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