# Lake Xau

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{{Short description|Lake in Botswana}}
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| name               = Lake Xau
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| location           = [Botswana](/source/Botswana)
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'''Lake Xau''' is a lake that is sometimes a dry lakebed in [Botswana](/source/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](/source/Boteti_River) and the [Okavango Delta](/source/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>

==References==
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