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Geography - note Botswana, in 30 editions.

The entry for Botswana published Geography - note in 30 editions of 36, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 6 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.

editions changed the text
6
the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).

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2025 edition

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The same text in 3 editions, 2023 to 2025.

  • landlocked;
  • sparsely populated with most settlement concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the country;
  • geography dominated by the Kalahari Desert, which covers about 70% of the country, although the Okavango Delta brings considerable biodiversity as one of the largest inland deltas in the World

Rewritten: too little of the 2022 text remains to mark the changes.
landlocked; sparsely populated with most settlement concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the country; geography dominated by the Kalahari Desert, which covers about 70% of the country, although the Okavango Delta brings considerable biodiversity as one of the largest inland deltas in the World

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Botswana: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/botswana/geography-note.

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