Kalahari
- proper noun
- /ˌkɑːləˈhɑːri/
- The Okavango Delta, Botswana, is a major wetland surrounded by the Kalahari Desert.
- Kalahari Desert
- Kalahari Gemsbok
- Kalahari Gemsbok Park
If there's a lion prowling around in the Kalahari, I don't care.
- If there's a lion prowling around in the Kalahari, I don't care.
- And one one of my favorite examples is the book Nisa written here at Harvard by it's an account of a Bushman woman from from the Kalahari.
Examples
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The presence of termites is obvious in the Kalahari: one sees protruding mounds, up to several feet high, throughout the Kalahari.
Academic text (2005) -
The Okavango Delta, Botswana, a giant oasis in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, is an immense alluvial fan created by the rivers that drain the highlands of Angola.
Academic text (2009) -
June, in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa
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after months of drought, the rivers begin to flow again in the Kalahari
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They live in the vastness of the Kalahari in small family groups.
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The photo above, shot in the Kalahari Desert, is of a flap-necked chameleon.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Kalahari and its vast open skies provide the theatre… …for the drama played out by the herds and the great cats that prey on them.
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The Kalahari is a vast desert region located in southern Africa, primarily covering parts of Botswana.
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Traveling through the Kalahari Desert, I was amazed by the stark beauty of the landscape.
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The wildlife in the Kalahari, including unique species like the meerkat, captivates many visitors.
Synonyms
A large dry area in the southwest of Africa mainly in Botswana
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kalahari comes from a local Tswana word Kgalagadi, which means 'great thirst' or 'place without water'. So, think of the English word 'thirst' to remember that the Kalahari is a wide, very dry desert.