Botswana

clues 6Updated 2023-09-01

LanguageEnglish, Tswana
Driving sideDrives on the left
Domain.bw
Camera gensGen 3
Easily confused with:Namibia, SSouth Africa

Whole area5

Clues that work anywhere in this area

License Plate★★★★★

License plates come in yellow, blue, and white, with yellow being by far the most common for ordinary vehicles. Some public-service vehicles and taxis have a blue rear plate.

Examples1
Signs★★★

Signs and guardrails often have yellow-and-black stripes, and part of the sign post is often the same colour.

Examples1
Streetscape in the capital, Gaborone
Streetscape in the capital, Gaborone
By Vicbrumby - Own work, Public Domain
By Dickelbers - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
Signs★★★★★

Road numbers start with "A" or "B".

Watch outLesotho has similar road numbering, but unlike Lesotho, Botswana is quite flat.
Examples12See alsoLesotho
A33 / B334 road sign
A33 / B334 road sign
Beth M527 / CC BY-NC 2.0
Landscape★★★★★

About 70% of the country overlaps with the Kalahari Desert, and the whole country is flat. Sparse shrubs and grass spread out, and paved roads have almost no trees along either side.

Examples12
Road★★★

Road surfaces are rough, and the shoulder is often orange, though some places have no shoulder marking at all.

Narrowing down the region1

Once you know the area: which part of it

Vegetation

Plants & farming★★★

There's a climate gradient — the north is tropical, and the rest is inland desert climate. Non-needle-like grasses and taller plants become more common the further north you go.

NoteExample of northern vegetation.12
NoteExample of central vegetation.12
NoteExample of southern vegetation.12

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