{{Short description|Lake in Botswana}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Xau | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Botswana | group = | coordinates = {{coord|21|18|S|24|46|E|display=inline,title|region:BW_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki}} <!-- {{coord|DD|MM|SS|N|DD|MM|SS|W|region:ZZ_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}} --> | type = | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = Boteti River and the Okavango Delta | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | max-depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | volume = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | elevation = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Botswana#Africa | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lakebed or lake depending on rainfall in Botswana. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use South African English|date=October 2019}} '''Lake Xau''' is a lake that is sometimes a dry lakebed in Botswana.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Wildebeest (Connchaetes taurinus) Mortalities at Lake Xau, Botswana|last=Parry | first=David |year=1987|journal=Botswana Notes and Records|volume=19|pages=95–101|jstor = 40979793}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flowhoorc.blogspot.com/2012/03/lake-xau-revived-by-professor-c.html|title=Flow : Information for Okavango Delta Planning: Lake Xau reviewed by Professor Cornelis Vanderpost|author= Okavango Research Institute (ORI) Library |date=2012-03-19|website=Flow|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> It is fed by the Boteti River and the Okavango Delta.<ref name=BL2009>{{cite web|url=http://birdlifebotswana.blogspot.com/2009/09/will-lake-xau-fill_22.html | title=Will Lake Xau fill? |website=BirdLife Botswana|date= 22 October 2009}}</ref> The lake has been described as "when it holds water, ... one of the most important wetlands for waterfowl in Southern Africa".<ref name="SGP">{{cite web | url=https://sgp.undp.org/spacial-itemid-projects-landing-page/spacial-itemid-project-search-results/spacial-itemid-project-detailpage.html?view=projectdetail&id=23415 | title=Lake Xau: conservation to enhance livelihoods | work=The GEF Small Grants Programme | access-date=30 October 2019 | archive-date=9 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182616/https://sgp.undp.org/spacial-itemid-projects-landing-page/spacial-itemid-project-search-results/spacial-itemid-project-detailpage.html?view=projectdetail&id=23415 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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