Elephants gather at a spring fed waterhole on the banks of the Mwagusi sand-river in the Ruaha National Park. the Mwagusi drains a large area of the e

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Elephants gather at a spring fed waterhole on the banks of the Mwagusi sand-river in the Ruaha National Park. the Mwagusi drains a large area of the escarpment in the west of the Park, but the rain fall is intermittent and the Mwagusi is often a dry river bed so the elephants ability to find water helps many other animals.

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Size: 5000px × 2780px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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