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Namaqualand
Namaqualand or Namaland , region, c.150,000 sq mi (388,500 sq km), SW Africa. It extends from Windhoek, Namibia, in the north to Northern Cape, South Africa, in the south and from the Namib Desert in the west to the Kalahari Desert in the east. The Orange River divides the region into Great Nama... Read more
Simpson Desert
Simpson Desert c.50,000 sq mi (130,000 sq km), barren region of central Australia, predominantly in the southeastern portion of the Northern Territory, extending S into Queensland and E into South Australia. Long, parallel sand dunes, up to 150 ft (46 m) high and 1,500 ft (457 m) apart, run for mil... Read more
desert
desert arid region, usually partly covered by sand, having scanty vegetation or sometimes almost none, and capable of supporting only a limited and specially adapted animal population. The so-called cold deserts, caused by extreme cold and often covered with perpetual snow or ice, are quite distinc... Read more
desertion
desertion in law, the forsaking of a station involving public or social duties without justification and with the intention of not returning. In military law, it is the abandonment of (or failure to arrive at) a place of duty without leave; in time of war, especially in the face of the enemy, deser... Read more
Painted Desert
Painted Desert badlands on the northeastern bank of the Little Colorado River, NE Ariz., stretching c.200 mi (320 km) SE from the Grand Canyon; includes Petrified Forest National Park. Striking bands of color result from irregularly eroded layers of red and yellow sediment and bentonite clay. ... Read more
Black Rock Desert
Black Rock Desert arid region of lava beds and alkali flats, NW Nev., in Toiyabe National Forest, stretching c.70 mi (110 km) NE from Gerlach. The Jackson Mts. rise to the east; the Black Rock Range to the west. A land speed record was set there in 1983. The desert has been the site of the Burning ... Read more
oasis
oasis , an area within a desert where the water table reaches the surface, with enough moisture to permit the growth of vegetation. The water may come up to the surface in springs, or it may collect in mountain hollows. In deserts such as the Sahara, artificial oases have been successfully created b... Read more
Kara Kum
Kara Kum , two deserts, one in Kazakhstan and one in Turkmenistan. The Caspian Kara Kum or Garagum, the larger desert (c.115,000 sq mi/297,900 sq km), is W of the Amu Darya River and includes most of Turkmenistan. The Murghab and Tejen rivers flow out of the Hindu Kush Mts. to the south and empty in... Read more
Orange River
Orange River chief river of S Africa, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the Maluti Mts., N Lesotho. It flows SW through Lesotho, then meanders northwest and west through central South Africa, forming the SW boundary of Free State and part of the South Africa-Namibia line before entering the Atl... Read more
Paran
Paran , desert, the eastern region of the Sinai peninsula. In accounts in the Bible, Ishmael settled there. It was also the Israelites' first resting place after their stay at Sinai, and the refuge of David when Samuel died. ... Read more

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Kalahari
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Kalahari Desert region in s Africa, covering parts of...scrub and forest grow in some parts of the desert, and it is possible to graze animals during the rainy season. The Kalahari is inhabited by the San , as well as by...
desert
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...semi-deserts. Cold deserts, areas almost permanently...surface, and hot deserts over one-fifth. Most desert regions lie in the...These include the Kalahari and Sahara (the world's largest desert). Deserts, such as the Atacama...
Botswana
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...border into Namibia, is the Kalahari Desert. In the north lies the area...these swamps into Lake Xau. 8 DESERTS The Kalahari Desert lies in the western portion...000 square miles). The Kalahari reaches from the Orange River...
Herero
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Botswana are located in and around the Kalahari Desert and are descended from a group...Botswana on the northern fringe of the Kalahari, in Ghansi District and in Ngamiland...groups, escaped eastward across the Kalahari into what was then the British...
Namibia
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...TIME: 2 pm = noon GMT. A vast land of desert and semidesert along the southwestern coast...The coastal strip comprises the Namib Desert, and the eastern region is part of the Kalahari Desert. All four permanent rivers form borders...
South Africa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the north are the southern fringes of the Kalahari desert; and in the west is the semiarid Cape middleveld...Little Karroo tablelands in the south; and desert (a southern extension of the Namib desert) in the west. Kruger National Park is in...
Namaqualand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...from Windhoek, Namibia, in the north to Northern Cape, South Africa, in the south and from the Namib Desert in the west to the Kalahari Desert in the east. The Orange River divides the region into Great Namaqualand (in Namibia) and Little Namaqualand...
Samuel Maherero
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...than 64,000 had been killed in battle or died in the desert where they had been chased by German troops. Some historians...running from the Atlantic Coast in the west to the Kalahari Desert in the east. They had the largest population and were...
Namibians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...of Alaska. It is comprised of three distinct environments — the Namib Desert in the east; the more populous Central Plateau; and the Kalahari Desert in the west, famous for the Khoisan people (known as Bushmen) and majestic wildlife...
Sotho
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement ...custom and social organization. The area in which they originally settled varies from the dry, inland fringes of the Kalahari desert in the west, to the mountains of Lesotho in the south, to the humid escarpment and hot low veld in the east. In...

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Kalahari Desert
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Kalahari Desert a high, vast, arid plateau in southern Africa north of the Orange River, comprising most of Botswana with parts in Namibia and South Africa.
desert
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology desert A major terrestrial...by low rainfall. Hot deserts, such as the Sahara and Kalahari deserts of Africa, have a rainfall...Vegetation is sparse, and desert plants are adapted to...brief rainy periods. Desert animals are typically...
Africa
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...and landscape are vast. Most of northern Africa is desert, the only significant waterway being the Nile. The...more highlands, giving way in the south-west to the Kalahari Desert. Then the land rises again, to the temperate veld...
Bushman
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; n. ( pl. -men ) 1. a member of any of several aboriginal peoples of southern Africa, esp. of the Kalahari Desert. They are traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers. Also called San . 2. the language of these peoples, now usually...
Botswana
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...into a swampy basin, the Okavango, the only surface water in the country. The centre and west is covered by the Kalahari Desert, while in the east is a large salt-pan, the Makgadikgadi. Economy Diamonds are the chief export, producing revenues...
Namibia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Caprivi Strip, reaches between Angola and Botswana to Zambia. In the west the Namibia Desert stretches down the Atlantic Ocean coast; in the east is the Kalahari. The higher land between is also hot and arid and has no permanent rivers. Economy...

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Dart runners take on kalahari desert A trio of Dartmouth athletes are gearing up for the challenge of a lifetime after signing up for the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon, one of the toughest foot races in the world.
Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 7/25/2007; 700+ words ; ...lifetime after signing up for the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon, one...consisting of a 250km run through the Kalahari Desert in South Africa - the equivalent...who have named themselves The Kalahari Darts, are undertaking the almighty...
On Safari in the Kalahari - From the vast empty stretches of the kalahari desert to the mysterious waterways of the okavango delta, a safari in botswana offers spectacular scenery and wildlife.
Magazine article from: World and I; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...On a seven-day trip to the Kalahari desert in Botswana, our little group...in Botswana, at the edge of the Kalahari. We were transported by jeep across...earliest modern inhabitants of the Kalahari, the San, or Bushmen, and was...
Travel: AND SO TO BED ... In the middle of the Kalahari desert, Brian Jackman finds 6,000 square miles of prehistoric wilderness - and a safari-free zone
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/7/1997; ; 700+ words ; IN THE Kalahari a road may be no more than...crossed the huge prints of a Kalahari lion. We did not see him...just as well, for these desert lions have a long history of unpredictability. It was a Kalahari lion that nearly put an end...
Kubu Island and Kalahari Desert experiences
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/10/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...10-2003 Kubu Island and Kalahari Desert experiences Byline...Team headed into the vast Kalahari Desert with our Global Positioning...We drove through the driest desert in the world. Nothing lives...before a gruelling 14 days of deserts and camping. After loading...
Children of the Kalahari battle to save their people; FROM THE PARCHED SANDS OF AN ANCIENT DESERT TO THE BACK STREETS OF LIVERPOOL.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/2/2001; 700+ words ; ...away from their playground of the Kalahari Desert. But Aida, John, Polly and Tom...the last of the Bushmen of the Kalahari and preserve a fastdying culture...organisation called First People of the Kalahari which he helped to set up. Andrea...
Red sands of the Kalahari: hunting Namibia's stunning desert is worthwhile even when the game won't cooperate.
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...hunters there, as well as in the Kalahari Desert, in nearby Zimbabwe, and in Tanzania...come. We were heading for the Kalahari, that undulating sea of red sand...laps the border of Botswana. The Kalahari is a land of goats, I decided...
Desert heat bottled: Kalahari Pepper Co. adopts a flask-like configuration to market unique sauces, spicing up sales with the appeal of a pepper variety previously grown only in Botswana.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Packaging Digest; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...distribution by Birmingham-based Kalahari Pepper Co. began in gourmet shops...who was on safari in Botswana's Kalahari Desert--was the start of a journey...which acts as contract packager for Kalahari Pepper. Caswell notes, "Many...
On the run again for charity ; The Kalahari Darts - who ran 250km through searing desert last year in South Africa - have handed over a cheque for more than pounds3,100 to the Children's Hospice South West.
Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 2/27/2008; 512 words ; The Kalahari Darts - who ran 250km through searing desert last year in South Africa - have...Ryall. The group ran through the Kalahari Desert in October, carrying...still in good shape from the Kalahari Run. "We are looking for some...
Majestic Kalahari desert takes centre stage in 19th century family saga.(Life)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 8/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...Handler Penguin Pictures of the Kalahari Desert are enticing: an aching blue sky...South Africa we now know. But the Kalahari is the show-stopper, not just...Against the orange canvas of the desert, the passions, loves, dramas...
Gone fishing in Stone-Age Africa. (inhabitants of Africa's Kalahari Desert caught freshwater fish as recently as 4,000 years ago) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/30/1994; 688 words ; ...at a site in southern Africa's Kalahari Desert suggest that the area's inhabitants...least 1,400 miles north of the Kalahari, many near the Nile River or East African lakes. Discoveries in the Kalahari and elsewhere "increasingly document...