Makgadikgadi Pans

salt pan landscape in Botswana
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Makgadikgadi Pans
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Makgadikgadi Pans

Summary

Makgadikgadi Pans is a salt pan[1]. It draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (salt_pan category, ranking #5 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Makgadikgadi Pans is in the country of Botswana[3].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans's instance of is recorded as salt pan[4].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans's instance of is recorded as basin[5].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans's inflows is recorded as Boteti River[6].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans's inflows is recorded as Nata River[7].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans is part of Kalahari Salt Pans[8].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans comprises Sua Pan[9].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans comprises Nxai Pan[10].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans comprises Nwetwe Pan[11].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -20.716667, 'lon': 24.950833}[12].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Makgadikgadi Pan[13].
  • Makgadikgadi Pans's different from is recorded as Lake Makgadikgadi[14].

Body

Geography

Makgadikgadi Pans is in the country of Botswana[3]. It is part of Kalahari Salt Pans[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include salt pan[4] and basin[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Makgadikgadi Pans include Makgadikgadi Pans National Park[15], a national park[16], in Botswana[17], founded in 1992[18].

Why It Matters

Makgadikgadi Pans draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (salt_pan category, ranking #5 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for it include Makgadikgadi Pans National Park[15], a national park[16], in Botswana[17], founded in 1992[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/solne-plane-makgadikgadi/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User"
  2. 5w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) Sua Pan, Nxai Pan, Nwetwe Pan
    Part of Kalahari Salt Pans
    Instance of
    Coordinate location {'lat': -20.716667, 'lon': 24.950833}
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/solne-plane-makgadikgadi/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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