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Mosu

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Air quality index

85Moderate
Elevation935 m
Coordinates-21.21°, 26.02°

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City facts

Overview

Mosu is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located to the south of Sua Pan – the eastern half of Makgadikgadi Pan – and it has a primary school and a junior secondary school namely Mosu Primary School and Makgadikgadi Junior Secondary School respectively. The population was 1,792 in 2011 census. Mosu is also the gateway to Makgadikgadi plains. Village is located on the foot of a hilly landform, exposing the village's terrain to massive soil erosion.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-21.2133
Longitude
26.0218
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
85
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
39.7
PM10 (µg/m³)
41
Ozone (µg/m³)
122
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.3

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
8
Distinct species (top 10)
7

Most-observed species

  • Eastern Sesamebush
    Sesamothamnus lugardii N.E.Br. ex Stapf · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • Port Royal Senna
    Senna italica Mill. · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Barberton Milkweed
    Euphorbia schinzii Pax · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • knobthorn
    Senegalia nigrescens (Oliv.) P.J.H.Hurter · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Glossy Corkwood
    Commiphora schimperi (O.Berg) Engl. · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Orange Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion
    Uroplectes planimanus (Karsch, 1879) · Arachnida
    1
  • Ceropegia currorii (Hook.) Bruyns
    Ceropegia currorii (Hook.) Bruyns · Magnoliopsida
    1

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
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Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Central

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Geography & sun

Elevation
3,068 ft (935 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.99
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,185

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
71
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image