Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,000
[water rushing]
2
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,000
[peaceful music]
3
00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:20,000
♪ ♪
4
00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,000
[water lapping]
5
00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:07,000
♪ ♪
6
00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000
[indistinct chatter]
7
00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,000
Ali: Wherever water flows,
8
00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000
life follows.
9
00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000
[cows mooing]
10
00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:34,000
♪ ♪
11
00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,000
It's inside everything that lives.
12
00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:45,000
♪ ♪
13
00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,000
Over half the human body
14
00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000
is composed of water.
15
00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:02,000
♪ ♪
16
00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000
And it's here
17
00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000
at the river's edge
18
00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,000
where our civilization started to develop
19
00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000
in Africa.
20
00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000
[water sloshing]
21
00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:35,000
♪ ♪
22
00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,000
[playful chatter]
23
00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000
Lives on the banks of the Great Zambezi
24
00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,000
still respond to its ebb and flow.
25
00:02:53,000 --> 00:03:00,000
♪ ♪
26
00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,000
[water sloshing]
27
00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000
When the wetlands swell...
28
00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,000
The Lozi people take to their boats,
29
00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000
seeking higher ground.
30
00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,000
[water sloshing]
31
00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,000
[water sloshing]
32
00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000
This annual ritual
33
00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000
is called Kuomboka,
34
00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,000
which means "getting out of the water."
35
00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:59,000
♪ ♪
36
00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000
According to legend,
37
00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000
the god Nyambe
38
00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000
commanded man to build the first canoe
39
00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000
in anticipation of the flood.
40
00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:17,000
♪ ♪
41
00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,000
Each year, the Lozi leave,
42
00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,000
reassured the soil is renewed
43
00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000
for a future harvest.
44
00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:40,000
♪ ♪
45
00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000
They'll return again
46
00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000
when the gentle floods subside.
47
00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,000
[water trickling]
48
00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:04,000
Rivers flow like arteries,
49
00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,000
carrying the lifeblood of existence
50
00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000
huge distances
51
00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,000
across many different terrains.
52
00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,000
[water roaring]
53
00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:25,000
♪ ♪
54
00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000
Cascading over Victoria Falls,
55
00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,000
the Zambezi becomes the largest curtain
56
00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000
of falling water on Earth.
57
00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:09,000
♪ ♪
58
00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:23,000
People here call it Mosi-oa-Tunya,
59
00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000
"the smoke that thunders."
60
00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:33,000
♪ ♪
61
00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000
Towering clouds of mist
62
00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000
can be seen from miles away.
63
00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:54,000
♪ ♪
64
00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,000
Plumes of spray
65
00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000
soak everything in reach...
66
00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:30,000
♪ ♪
67
00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,000
Allowing lush rain forest to thrive
68
00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000
wherever it can take root.
69
00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:46,000
♪ ♪
70
00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000
[water rushing]
71
00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,000
Tumbling over the soft limestone beneath,
72
00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000
the Zambezi
73
00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,000
flows for another 1,000 miles
74
00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000
towards the east coast of Africa.
75
00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:21,000
♪ ♪
76
00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000
Most rivers end their journey
77
00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,000
when the fresh water they carry
78
00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000
finally meets the sea.
79
00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000
[water splashing, birds cawing]
80
00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:51,000
Oceans wrap the entire world with their embrace.
81
00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000
[waves crashing]
82
00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000
They hold over 90%
83
00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,000
of the Earth's water,
84
00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,000
and so the majority of life on the planet
85
00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,000
lives in the mysterious deep.
86
00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000
Out at sea,
87
00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000
water evaporates and ascends as vapor
88
00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000
into the sky.
89
00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:41,000
♪ ♪
90
00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000
On the western coast of Southern Africa,
91
00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,000
where sea and sand dunes meet,
92
00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,000
tiny droplets
93
00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000
reach land as a spray of ocean mist.
94
00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:05,000
♪ ♪
95
00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000
[birds and insects chirping]
96
00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:13,000
♪ ♪
97
00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,000
Just the smallest amounts of moisture
98
00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000
allow the most resilient plants
99
00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000
to call the desert their home.
100
00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:29,000
♪ ♪
101
00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:44,000
Inland, from Cape Town to Namibia,
102
00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000
water in any form rarely touches
103
00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000
this arid region of Namaqualand.
104
00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000
♪ ♪
105
00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000
Yet one sprinkling of seasonal rain,
106
00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000
and this blank canvas
107
00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,000
transforms into a masterpiece of nature.
108
00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000
[insects chirping]
109
00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:17,000
♪ ♪
110
00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,000
With over 3,000 different species of wildflower,
111
00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,000
it's called the greatest garden on Earth.
112
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:48,000
♪ ♪
113
00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,000
Dazzling but ephemeral,
114
00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:02,000
flowers must compete to attract pollinators
115
00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000
with the intensity of their blooms.
116
00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:13,000
♪ ♪
117
00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,000
Despite so little water,
118
00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,000
it's the most biodiverse desert on Earth.
119
00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:37,000
♪ ♪
120
00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000
When the hot winds return,
121
00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,000
fertilized seeds fall onto the desert floor.
122
00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:03,000
♪ ♪
123
00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000
They wait
124
00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,000
patiently in the dust
125
00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,000
for the rains to return once more.
126
00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:20,000
♪ ♪
127
00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000
[wind whooshing]
128
00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000
Water
129
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000
is a shape-shifter.
130
00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000
It can flow freely
131
00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,000
high above us as rivers in the sky.
132
00:13:54,000 --> 00:14:02,000
♪ ♪
133
00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,000
Clouds of billowing vapor
134
00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,000
can cover hundreds of miles in a day.
135
00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000
[thunder rumbling]
136
00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:23,000
♪ ♪
137
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000
The desert people of South Africa
138
00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000
would summon the rain
139
00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000
with a ritual dance.
140
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,000
[thunder rumbling]
141
00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,000
When the heavens do let loose,
142
00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,000
tons of water pour onto the ground...
143
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000
[rain pattering]
144
00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000
Quenching the Earth below.
145
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:09,000
♪ ♪
146
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000
[insects buzzing]
147
00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:28,000
♪ ♪
148
00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:32,000
Every year in Botswana,
149
00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,000
summer rains that fell upstream
150
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000
four months ago
151
00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,000
start to flow into the Kalahari Desert.
152
00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,000
♪ ♪
153
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,000
[elephants grunting, footsteps stomping]
154
00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:05,000
♪ ♪
155
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000
These elephants
156
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,000
are drawn here as if by a magnetic force.
157
00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000
[elephants grunting]
158
00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,000
♪ ♪
159
00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,000
[footsteps stomping]
160
00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:32,000
♪ ♪
161
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000
In the dry season,
162
00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000
they time their migration
163
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000
to the promise of seasonal floods.
164
00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:51,000
♪ ♪
165
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000
They can walk for 50 miles
166
00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000
without a drop to drink.
167
00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:12,000
♪ ♪
168
00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000
Elephants never forget their map
169
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000
of where to find water.
170
00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:33,000
♪ ♪
171
00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,000
[elephants grunting]
172
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,000
The eldest females remember best
173
00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000
and pass on this precious knowledge
174
00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000
to their young.
175
00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:03,000
♪ ♪
176
00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000
Their long trek is rewarded
177
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:33,000
with the first true bath of the season.
178
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:41,000
♪ ♪
179
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000
[birds and insects chirping]
180
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,000
[water sloshing]
181
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,000
[birds and insects chirping]
182
00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000
[wings fluttering]
183
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:19,000
When the floods fully appear,
184
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000
the Okavango Delta grows
185
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,000
three times in size.
186
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:30,000
♪ ♪
187
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:34,000
It's one of the largest watering holes on Earth,
188
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000
so large,
189
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000
it can be seen from space.
190
00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:46,000
♪ ♪
191
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000
A multitude of other animals arrive
192
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000
to share this unique
193
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,000
and delicate ecosystem.
194
00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:03,000
♪ ♪
195
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000
These wetlands give refuge
196
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,000
to some of Africa's most iconic creatures.
197
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:30,000
♪ ♪
198
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,000
[wildebeest grunting]
199
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:40,000
♪ ♪
200
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000
[birds and insects chirping, frogs croaking]
201
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:52,000
Like every living thing,
202
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,000
we emerged from water.
203
00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:02,000
♪ ♪
204
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000
It is the origin
205
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,000
of life itself...
206
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,000
And creates the vibrant diversity
207
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000
of our world.
208
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:22,000
♪ ♪
209
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,000
[birds and insects chirping]
210
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:33,000
♪ ♪
211
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,000
As rain and rivers,
212
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,000
oceans and fog...
213
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,000
Water's cycle never sleeps
214
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000
on its epic odyssey
215
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000
around the globe.
216
00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:03,000
♪ ♪
217
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,000
[water trickling]
218
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000
[birds and insects chirping]
13292
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.
Afrikaans
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Cebuano
Chichewa
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Corsican
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
Estonian
Finnish
French
Frisian
Galician
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hawaiian
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Kazakh
Khmer
Korean
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz
Lao
Latvian
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
Macedonian
Malagasy
Malay
Maltese
Maori
Mongolian
Myanmar (Burmese)
Nepali
Norwegian
Pashto
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Serbian
Sesotho
Shona
Sinhala
Slovak
Slovenian
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tajik
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
