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In current times Sua Pan is a seasonal lake with filling occurring in the rainy season. It is also the site of a [[sodium carbonate]] (soda ash) mining operation. |
In current times Sua Pan is a seasonal lake with filling occurring in the rainy season. It is also the site of a [[sodium carbonate]] (soda ash) mining operation. |
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One of the tributaries of the Sua Pan is the [[Mosetse River]], which watercourse shares its name with the village of [[Mosetse]] that lies along the Mosetse River. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Mosetse River]] |
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* [[Semowane River]] |
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Revision as of 16:29, 23 November 2010
The Sua Pan or Sowa Pan is a large natural topographic depression within the Makgadikgadi region of Botswana. It is located near the village of Sowa, a word which means salt in the language of the San.[1][2] The Sua salt pan is one of three large pans within the Makgadikgadi, the other two being Nxai Pan and Nwetwe Pan.[3]
The Sua Pan was first described to the European world by David Livingstone, pursuant to his explorations in this region.[4] Significant archaeological recoveries have been made within the Nwetwe Pan, featuring stone age tools from peoples who lived in this area when a large year-round lake occupied the Sua and Nwetwe Pans.
In current times Sua Pan is a seasonal lake with filling occurring in the rainy season. It is also the site of a sodium carbonate (soda ash) mining operation.
One of the tributaries of the Sua Pan is the Mosetse River, which watercourse shares its name with the village of Mosetse that lies along the Mosetse River.
See also
References
- David Livingstone (1868) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, Harper Publishers.
- C.Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham [1]
- Bryan Robert Davies and Keith F. Walker (1986) The Ecology of River Systems, Published by Springer, 733 pages, ISBN 9061935407, ISBN 9789061935407.
Footnotes
- ^ Sowa Pan. Botswana Tourism Board.
- ^ Murphy, Alan (2007). Southern Africa (4th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 99. ISBN 9781740597456. OCLC 156530975.
- ^ B.R. Davies, 1986
- ^ D. Livingstone, 1868