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- Area: 362,000 square miles
- "Kalahari" means "The Great Thirst" in the Tswana language MSN Encarta: Kalahari Desert Encyclopedia Article
- Location: southern Africa
- Rainfall: 8 inches per year MSN Encarta: Kalahari Desert Encyclopedia Article
- Surface water form: Boteti River
- Average temperature (max): 35 to 45 degrees C MSN Encarta: Kalahari Desert Encyclopedia Article
- Winter temperature can plummet below zero Celsius Journeys International: Kalahari Desert
- Not a true desert as it supports some plants and animals
- Has large mineral deposits, and one of the largest diamond mines in the world
- Home to Animal Planet's Meerkat Manor
- Climate: Semiarid
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The Kalahari Desert is a large, semi-desert in southern Africa, covering large parts of Botswana and Namibia. It sits on the region's interior plateau, with an average elevation of 3,000 feet above sea level. The San bushmen have lived in the Kalahari for up to 20,000 years. Theirs is the desert culture depicted in the 1980 film The Gods Must be Crazy.
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Wildlife
Though nominally a desert, the Kalahari supports diverse wildlife, thanks to variable rains in the winter and spring, and a swampy region at its northern end. It contains the Central Kalahari Game Reserve—the second-largest in the world—with antelope, lions, hyenas and giraffes. The most famous of the region's wildlife, however, may be its meerkats, due to the success of Animal Planet's Meerkat Manor, filmed on-location in the Kalahari. -
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Kalahari Desert Questions
Have you ever visited the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (near Tucson)? If so, what did you think? 2 AnswersEventhough i didn't get a chance to visit the Arizona sonora desert museum i have heard it from my friends who have visited. It's described as a world-renowned... read more
What is the best LoCarb/Sugar Free desert that you have ever tasted? 5 AnswersI haven't had a chance to try this yet, but it sounds amazingly good and is from Michael Eades, the author of Protein Power. Mixture of pomegranate seeds and... read more
What 5 songs would be on your iPod if you were trapped on a desert island? 12 AnswersFive is so few! Still, my very short list would include "Splendid Isolation" by Warren Zevon. I would be, after all, alone. ... read more
Is Lima Peru a coastal desert? 3 AnswersYes it is. Much of the west coast of South America is a coastal desert thanks to three factors: the Andes mountains blocking rain from the Amazon area to the ea... read more
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Check this out! It's a persistence hunt of a male kudu by the San (Bushmen) in the Kalahari Desert. http://bit.ly/5c3d3O
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riding camel in kalahari desert in summer #thingstotrybeforeyoudie
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Want to Visit the kalahari's desert.
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http://bit.ly/37hBfC what was Brit thinking with this get-up? seriously - this outfit needs to be buried in a kalahari desert!
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Kalahari desert - The last remaining Paradise on earth - People... http://tinyurl.com/yfycnvp
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