The Savuti Marsh area of Chobe National Park in Botswana is 10,878 km2 large and constitutes the western stretch of the park (50 km north of Mababe Gate). The Savuti Marsh is the relic of a large inland lake whose water supply was cut a long time ago by tectonic movements. Today the marsh is intermittently fed by the Savuti Channel which dries up for long periods then occasionally flows again, a consequence of tectonic activity in the area. It is currently flowing again and in January 2010 reached Savuti Marsh for the first time since 1982