Kogin Nata
Kogin Nata ko Kogin Manzamnyama rafin ruwa ne na Kudancin Afirka. Kogi ne mai dawwama/gudana yana gudana a cikin Zimbabwe da Botswana. Yana da tsayin kilomita 330 daga tushen shi zuwa baki/gaba, kilomita 210 a Zimbabwe da 120 kilomita a Botswana. Jimlar yankin masu kamawa shine kilomita 24,585. Kogin ya samo asali ne daga Sandown (S20.425036˚, E28.180660˚), wani ƙaramin garin noma da ke kan mashigar ruwan Zimbabwe ta tsakiya kilomita 50 kudu maso yamma da Bulawayo kuma ya ƙare da Makgadikgadi Pans (S20.348816˚, E26.240166˚) a cikin Botswana. Babu wata mafita daga kwanon gishirin wanda za'a iya ɗauka azaman “matacciyar teku” ta kudu. Manyan kogunan suna cikin yankin gonar kasuwanci inda kyawawan halaye da ayyukan noma suka haifar da kogin yana fuskantar ƙarancin rashi / ƙarancin ruwa. Aukar al'ajabi ya fara faruwa kusan kilomita 65 tare da tafkin kogin wanda ya nuna farkon faɗin kilomita 90 a Zimbabwe inda kogin ya ratsa ta yankunan noma na gari. A kan wannan shimfidar ne inda aka samu damar rarar yashi na kogin kuma al'ummomi sun dogara da ruwan kogin yashi domin amfanin gida, noma da kuma dabbobin. A cikin ƙasar Botswana Kogin Nata shi ne tushen ruwa ga danshin ruwan tekun Makgadikgadi Pans, inda yawancin nau'ikan ƙarancin rarraba ke bunƙasa. Musamman kogin Nata ya cika zuwa Sua Pan, yana malale sassan gabashin Botswana da kudu maso yammacin Zimbabwe.

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 Ann Hulsmans, Sofie Bracke, Kelle Moreau, Bruce J. Riddoch, Luc De Meester and Luc Brendonck, Dormant egg bank characteristics and hatching pattern of the Phallocryptus spinosa  (Anostraca) population in the Makgadikgadi Pans (Botswana), Hydrobiologia, Springer Netherlands, Volume 571, Number 1 / November, 2006  ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573–5117, pages 123-132 
 Chris McIntyre (2008) Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chobe, Northern Kalahari, Bradt publishers, 502 pages

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