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thumb | right | Meerkat in Ntwetwe Pan, Botswana The '''Ntwetwe Pan''' is a large salt pan within the Makgadikgadi region of Botswana. The Ntwetwe is one of three large pans within the Makgadikgadi, the other two being Nxai Pan and Sua Pan.<ref>B.R. Davies, 1986</ref> Ntwetwe Pan is now a seasonal lake which fills up in the rainy season. Ntwetwe was first described to the European world by David Livingstone, pursuant to his explorations in this region.<ref>D. Livingstone, 1868</ref> Significant archaeological recoveries have occurred within the Nwetwe Pan, including Stone Age tools from people who lived in this area, in an earlier time of prehistory when a large year-round lake occupied the Nwetwe Pan area within the Makgadikgadi.<ref>C.M.Hogan, 2008</ref>

==See also== <!-- * Meerkat -->* Semowane River

==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. * Bryan Robert Davies and Keith F. Walker (1986) ''The Ecology of River Systems'', Published by Springer, 733 pages, {{ISBN|90-6193-540-7}}, {{ISBN|978-90-6193-540-7}}. * C.Michael Hogan (2008) ''Makgadikgadi'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=22373&mode=&order=0]

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Category:Salt flats of Botswana Category:Makgadikgadi Pan

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