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Kalahari definition

kälə-härē
A desert plateau region of southern Botswana, eastern Namibia, and western South Africa. Fed by seasonal rains, it has sandy soil and supports grass and other vegetation in all but the extreme southwestern corner.
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(place) Desert plateau in S Africa, mostly in Botswana: c. 350,000 sq mi (906,497 sq km)
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A large desert in southern Africa.
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Origin of kalahari

  • From Tswana Kgalagadi.

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Kalahari Sentence Examples

  • The air is unusually dry, owing to the proximity of the Kalahari Desert on the west and to the interception on the east by the Drakensberg of the moisture bearing clouds from the Indian Ocean.

  • The western region, the Kalahari Desert, is mainly arid, with a sandy soil, and is covered in part by dense bush.

  • The greater part of Bechuanaland is covered with superficial deposits consisting of the sands of the desert regions of the Kalahari and the alluvium and saliferous marls of the Okavango basin.

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