Straddling the Tropic of Capricorn, and a little larger than France, the Republic of Botswana is a relatively flat country with hilly areas along it's Eastern side and isolated groups of hills elsewhere. Botswana is a semi-arid country where evaporation exceeds rainfall in every month of the year. The average altitude is 1000m above sea level, with the winter months of May, June July and some of August dropping to temperatures of -7deg C. During the latter part of August the temperatures are generally on the up, and by the end of September extremely hot, leading into the rainy season, which extends through to March or April. More than 70% of the country is covered with Kalahari sand, remains of a former desert. It supports a small number of people, with about 80% of Botswana's 1.4 million population concentrated on the eastern side of the country

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