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	Kalahari Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parts of the Kalahari receive over 250 mm of erratic rainfall annually and are quite well vegetated; it is only truly arid in the south-west (under 175 mm of rain annually) making the Kalahari a fossil desert.
		Vegetation in the Kalahari consists mainly of grasses and acacias but there are over 400 identified plant species present (including the wild watermelon or tsamma melon).
		The Bushmen of the Kalahari desert were first brought to the western worlds attention in the 1950s when author Laurens van der Post published his most famous work The Lost World of the Kalahari, which was also turned in to a BBC TV series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalahari (569 words)

	MSN Encarta - Kalahari Desert
		Kalahari Desert, arid region on the interior plateau of southern Africa, occupying central and southwestern Botswana and parts of west central South Africa and eastern Namibia.
		The Kalahari is part of a large sand basin stretching into Angola and Zambia in the north, through Botswana into Zimbabwe in the east, south to the Orange River in South Africa, and west to the highlands of Namibia.
		The sparsely populated Kalahari is inhabited by the Khoisan-speaking San people, the Bantu-speaking Tswana, Kgalagadi, and Herero, and a small number of European settlers.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555808/Kalahari_Desert.html (931 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Kalahari Desert
		Parallel lines of dunes—typically lying along a north-to-south or northwest-to-southeast orientation, depending on the prevailing winds—cover substantial areas of the Kalahari, and are concentrated in the west.
		In the Namibian portion of the Kalahari, the villages of Gobabis and Mariental are important regional centers.
		Today, perhaps the largest threat to the Kalahari is rising livestock populations and the associated destruction of the desert’s scant plant life.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761555808__1/Kalahari_Desert.html (980 words)

	Kalahari Desert - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kalahari Desert is a large, arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa that covers about 500,000 km²;.
		Some sources would extended the area of the Kalahari to over 2.5 million square kilometres and include Gabon, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia.
		Vegetation in the Kalahari consists mainly of grasses and acacias but there are over 400 identified plant species present.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /kalahari_desert.htm (582 words)

	RSSA Transactions Vol 53 No. 2 (1998) The Kalahari Colloquium, Abstracts and summary
		The Climate of the Kalahari Transect by P.D. Tyseon FRSSAf and S.J. Crimp
		Biology and Ecology of Millipedes in the Kalahari by J.M. Dangerfield
		The climate of the Kalahari Transect is defined by the nature of the general circulation of the atmosphere over Africa south of the equator and the regional circulation variations that determine local weather.
	web.uct.ac.za /org/rssa/transact/vol53-2.htm (4410 words)

	MSN Encarta - Kalahari
		Kalahari, arid and semi-arid plateau region, southern Africa, in south-western Botswana, northern South Africa, and south-eastern Namibia, between the Orange River and the Okovango River valley to the north.
		The Kalahari was crossed in 1849 by the British explorer David Livingstone.
		In 1878-1879, many of the Boers who attempted to trek across the Kalahari on their way from the Transvaal to Angola died of thirst.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555808/Kalahari.html (208 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kalahari Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Etosha pan is a large salt pan in the north of Namibia.
		Binomial name Suricata suricatta (Schreber, 1776) The meerkat (from Afrikaans lake cat), or suricate, is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family, it inhabits all parts of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa.
		Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kalahari-Desert (1444 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Kalahari xeric savanna (AT1309)
		The Kalahari Xeric Savanna is characterized by a harsh climate, where temperatures may increase by 45°C from night to day, and rainfall is infrequent.
		The Kalahari sands themselves extend from the northern Cape in South Africa to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and there is yet to be consensus regarding their origin or age (Main 1987).
		Plant species richness per unit area in the Xeric Kalahari Savanna is among the lowest of all the southern African ecoregions, and it is estimated that less than 3 percent of the plants are endemic (Van Rooyen 1999).
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1309_full.html (2410 words)

	Kalahari Desert -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kalahari's longest north–south extent is roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres), and its...
		A basin-shaped desert region covering about 360,000 square miles (930,000 square kilometers) in southern Africa, the Kalahari desert is bounded by the headwaters of the Zambezi River to the north, the plateaus of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe to the east, the Orange River to the south, and the highlands of Namibia to the west.
		Situated between the vast inland Kalahari Desert and the coastal Namib Desert, the city is some 175 miles (282 kilometers) east of the Atlantic Ocean.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9368843 (831 words)

	Kalahari Desert - South Africa
		The remarkable nests of the weaver birds in the camelthorn trees and in other acacias are a frequent sight in the Kalahari.
		The Kalahari desert is part of the huge sand basin that reaches from the Orange River up to Angola, in the west to Namibia and in the east to Zimbabwe.
		Unlike the dunes of the Namib Desert, those of the Kalahari are stable and not wandering.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /kalahari/e6kala05.htm (191 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Kalahari xeric savanna (AT1309) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kalahari Xeric Savanna is a land of cats, from leopards and Kalahari lions (a subspecies of lion) to cheetahs and caracals.
		The open, grassy savannas of the Kalahari are punctuated by trees such as camelthorn and shepherd’s tree, which provide shade, food, and refuge for a variety of plants and animals.
		Although nearly 20 percent of the Kalahari Xeric Savanna is protected, the majority of the region faces serious threats from heavy grazing and the construction of cattle fences that obstruct the migratory routes of wild ungulates.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1309.html (755 words)

	QANB - Kalahari Reds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The cessation of the importation of embryos from South Africa caused by the occurrence of foot and mouth disease there, means that now stock to widen the gene pool cannot come from South Africa at the present and this may be the case for some years.
		Kalahari Reds are ideally suited to the harsh and outstretched conditions of large parts of SA.
		Kalahari Reds can be used to give indigenous goats a uniform, solid red colour, with all the unique advantages that this brings.
	www.geocities.com /qanbinc/kala.htm (743 words)

	Impacts of Hunting by the People of the Northwestern Kalahari Desert on Wildlife Sustainability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One of the most contentious issues in wildlife conservation and development in Africa today is whether or not allowing local people to engage in wildlife utilization has positive or negative effects on the wildlife populations.
		One such place is the northwestern Kalahari Desert region of Botswana and Namibia, where data on hunting and on wildlife populations have been collected since the early 1950s.
		Data on hunting among the Ju/'hoansi in the northern Kalahari were collected by the Marshall family (Laurence, Lorna, John, and Elizabeth) and their colleagues beginning in 1950-51.
	www.kalaharipeoples.org /documents/wildlife.htm (483 words)

	NATURE. Kalahari: The Great Thirstland\| PBS
		Dust, vegetation, and sand dominate the landscape as the wildlife hides from the relentless summer sun and the cold winter nights.
		The Kalahari stretches from Namibia and Botswana into South Africa, filling this expanse with trees, shrubs, and even forests.
		KALAHARI: THE GREAT THIRSTLAND draws you into each species' struggle for survival on the African plains.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/kalahari/index.html (285 words)

	Exiles of the Kalahari
		In 2002, in a move that Botswana's government trumpeted as bringing the Bushmen into the modern age and that international observers decried as a grab for diamonds, these villagers were rounded up from their ancestral homes and relocated -- stick huts and all -- into three camps like this one.
		But unless Sesana and his fellow Bushmen win the right to return to the Kalahari in a lawsuit now before Botswana's High Court, it's here the Bushmen are likely to end their days, reduced to collecting handouts in communities overrun with disease, alcoholism, and despair.
		A half-Bushman farmer's son, Hardbattle founded First People of the Kalahari in 1992 to spread a simple message: The reserve belonged to the Bushmen, and they deserved a role in determining their future.
	www.motherjones.com /news/dispatch/2005/01/01_800.html (1467 words)

	Kalahari on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the dry valleys of the Kalahari: documentary evidence of environmental change in central southern Africa.
		Exiles of the Kalahari: forcibly resettled by a Botswanan government eager to clear the way for diamond mining, the Bushmen are battling to regain their ancestral homeland.(Dispatch / Botswana)
		The hairdresser of the Kalahari A former hair stylist from Liverpool has returned to her African birthplace to help with the desert Bushmen's fight against eviction.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kalahari.asp (720 words)

	Discover Botswana, Kalahari desert in Africa
		The Kalahari is a vast semi-desert that covers more than three quarters of the whole land area of Botswana.
		Three major basins were formed in the interior — the Chad basin in the north, the Congo basin in central Africa that is the largest of the three, and the Kalahari basin in the south, which covers 80% of the land surface of Botswana.
		The Kalahari today is not the popular image of a desert of rolling sand dunes as far as the eye can see.
	www.discover-botswana.com /articles/kalahari.php (1633 words)

	Current Online \| "A Kalahari Family" documentary series
		The documentary is a remarkable 46-year film record of the Ju/'hoansi (pronounced "jhu-wahnsi," popularly called bushmen) of the Kalahari Basin and their struggle against dispossession, disease and even the well-meaning but harmful actions of development agencies.
		The family returned to the Kalahari in 1953, this time staying for a year and a half, doing the film and field research that catapulted Lorna Marshall to acclaim in the academic world.
		A Kalahari Family follows the Ju/'hoansi in their struggles through 1994, including the political turmoil before and after Namibia gained its independence in 1989 and the Ju/'hoansi's search for displaced relatives to bring them back home.
	www.current.org /prog604.html (1556 words)

	Kalahari Desert -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Drainage is by dry valleys, seasonally inundated pans, and the large (Click link for more info and facts about salt pan) salt pans of the Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana and (Click link for more info and facts about Etosha Pan) Etosha Pan in Namibia.
		They are thought to have been the first human inhabitants of Southern Africa; there is evidence that they have been living there continuously as nomadic (A member of a hunting and gathering society) hunter-gatherers for at least twenty thousand years.
		One of the largest (Click link for more info and facts about diamond mines) diamond mines in the world is located at (Click link for more info and facts about Orapa) Orapa in the Makgadikgadi, northeastern Kalahari.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kalahari_desert.htm (404 words)

	Slide effects: New Kalahari Waterpark Resort pleases crowds in Sandusky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kalahari's Africa-inspired theme includes a lobby with a two-story waterfall, mud cloth chairs, African prints and masks on the walls, hand-carved tables, chairs and artwork imported from the continent and life-size sculptures of its "big five" animals: the elephant, rhinoceros, cape buffalo, lion and leopard.
		We went to Kalahari for its opening weekend, and while the indoor 80,000-square-foot indoor waterpark was operating, crews were still working on its adjacent outdoor park, which is scheduled to open in the middle of this month.
		Kalahari Resort schedules a slate of daily activities, most of which take place at the Cafe Mirage on the first-floor level.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05156/514819.stm (1926 words)

	Kalahari Safaris Tours - Kalahari Safaris to Augrabies Falls and Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park - African Adventures
		Kalahari Safaris offers tours of any number of days to Kgalagadi that include camping, staying in comfortable chalets, or the new, unfenced Wilderness camps that make you feel much closer to nature.
		Kalahari Safaris is strategically located in Upington, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
		All the guides of Kalahari Safaris have the same thing in common: Their love of the Kalahari, mixed with a generous portion of pride in their South African heritage, and a willingness to show of our beautiful country to our guests...
	www.kalaharisafaris.co.za (355 words)

	Kuruman oasis in the Kalahari with inexhaustible sweetwater fountain - South Africa
		The spring was discovered in 1801, when an expedition group from the Cape explored the hinterland to check out the possibilities of cattle trading with the natives.
		In the middle of the dry expanse of the Kalahari basin lies the green oasis of Kuruman.
		In its centre is the famous "Eye of Kuruman", an inexhaustible sweetwater fountain, which has never dried out, even in the longest drought periods, and produces daily 20 million litres of water.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /kalahari/e6kala04.htm (141 words)

	Leroo La Tau Bush Camp - Kalahari Desert - Botswana
		The Boteti River bed winds through the Kalahari, which is referred to as a desert only because of the lack of surface water during the dry winter months.
		The desert heat is notorious for enveloping almost all signs of life during the day, contrasted by the cooler nights when the Kalahari awakes.
		From dusk till dawn the night is alive with the sounds of the wild, the very essence of a land of varied contrasts and infinite beauty.
	www.kalahari-desert.com /Leroo_La_Tau_Bush_Camp_Kalahari_desert.asp (487 words)

	Central Kalahari, Botswana
		The distinctive Kalahari Desert is something of a misnomer as it is not really a desert, but a semi-arid zone with a unique atmosphere all its own.
		They are shallow hollows, which gleam in the harsh sun of the Kalahari Desert.
		There are two other distinct ecosystems found in the central Kalahari region; rich savannah and flowing golden grasslands.
	www.go2africa.com /botswana/central-kalahari (175 words)

	Kalahari Adventure Centre - river and desert adventures
		The Kalahari Adventure Centre is located 10km from the Augrabies Falls National Park, 1hr 15mins from Upington in the Northern Cape.
		We are sending all the photos which turned out well as a reflection of our New Year trip to the Kalahari followed by the hot springs.
		It was certainly a great experience compounded by the fact that the traveling company could not have been better.
	www.kalahari-adventures.co.za (700 words)

	Africa Safaris \| Deserts of Nambia \| Guided Safari in Namibia \| Kalahari, Tsaris, Swakopmund \| Travel Information & ...
		In the harsh yet lovely Kalahari Desert, you may see a variety of antelope, as well as lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, hyena, fl-backed jackal and majestic birds of prey.
		The Kalahari is one of Africa’s last wildlife paradises and remains an area supporting nomadic antelope herds, such as oryx, kudu, eland, blue wildebeest and springbok.
		A prominent feature of the Kalahari is the huge communal nests of the sociable weaver built around the camelthorn trees.
	www.tulipweb.com /safaris/guided_safaris/namibia/desert_safari.html (1039 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Correspondent \| Sampling the Kalahari cactus diet
		The San Bushmen of the Kalahari, one of the world's oldest and most primitive tribes, had been eating the Hoodia for thousands of years, to stave off hunger during long hunting trips.
		But if the Hoodia works, the 100,000 San strung along the edge of the Kalahari will become overnight millionaires on royalties negotiated by their South African lawyer Roger Chennells.
		Do not travel to the Kalahari to steal the cactus as it is hard to find and illegal to export.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2947810.stm (859 words)

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