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	Karoo - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Karoo (Khoikhoi karusa, “barren,” “dry”), semidesert plateau regions in southern South Africa.
		The Little Karoo, or Southern Karoo, is located east...
		Between the edge of the high central plateau region and the eastern and southern coastline the land descends in a series of abrupt steps.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Karoo.html (75 words)

	Routes Travel Info Portal: Karoo on West Coast - Succulent Karoo ecoregion
		It is underlain by Mesozoic sediments of the Karoo cycle.
		The region is dominated by succulents with little grass and a scarcity of tall shrubs and trees.
		It is the predominant vegetation of the Little Karoo.
	www.routes.co.za /nature/ecoregions/karoo.html (930 words)

	Succulent Karoo Biome
		The Succulent Karoo Biome is primarily determined by the presence of low winter rainfall and extreme summer aridity.
		Little data are available for the fauna of the Succulent Karoo.
		Ostrich farming, with considerable supplementary feeding, is practised in the Little Karoo in the south of the biome.
	www.plantzafrica.com /vegetation/succkaroo.htm (559 words)

	Karoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Karoo is a semi-desert region of South Africa.
		Fought both conventionally and as a guerilla struggle over the Karoo's vast expanses, it was a bloody war of attrition wherein both sides used newly developed technologies to their advantage.
		Currently sheep farming is still the economic backbone of the Karoo with other forms of agriculture taking place in areas where irrigation is possible.
	www.abcworld.net /Karoo.html (434 words)

	Karoo safaris, lodges and wildlife tours
		The Khoi-Khoi hunters called this area Karoo, the land of thirst, which is an apt description of the flat, desolate landscape with its dry climate, rocky outcrops, sparse vegetation and flaming sunsets.
		In the centre of the Little Karoo region, Oudtshoorn is world-famous for its ostrich farms and the Cango Caves.
		Further east, the little Victorian village of De Rust lies in a setting of orchards and vineyards at the southern entrance to Meiringspoort, a spectacular pass through the Swartberg Mountains leading to the Central Karoo.
	www.ecoafrica.com /african/travel/Karoo.html (404 words)

	Calitzdorp
		Calitzdorp is the fruit-bowl of the Little Karoo and source of the country's finest port wines.
		Nowhere is the authentic character of a Little Karoo community and the unique architecture of the region better preserved than here.
		The Little Karoo itself is a valley some hundred and sixty km long with Calitzdorp at its western extreme.
	www.places.co.za /html/calitzdorp.html (520 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Succulent Karoo - Human Impacts
		A sparse human population of only 300,000 people and the fact that more than 90 percent of the hotspot is used for natural grazing (a form of land use that is, theoretically, compatible with maintenance of biodiversity) have eased the conversion pressures on this region as compared to the other hotspots.
		This mining is now supplemented by the large-scale extraction of heavy minerals, including gypsum, marble, monazite, kaolin, ilmenite, and titanium, which threatens to vastly increase the impact of mining on the region's biodiversity.
		The scarlet paintbrush (Crassula falcata) from the Little Karoo region typifies the hotspot's unique plant diversity, which is at risk due to invasive species, habitat loss, and climate change.
	www.conservation.org /xp/Hotspots/karoo/impacts.xml (420 words)

	Klein Karoo Accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		At the foot of the Warmwaterberg, in the heart of the Little Karoo, between Montagu and Barrydale on the famous Route 62, the vision of the San is becoming a reality.
		The name Sanbona is a combination of the "San" people who roamed this area for thousands of years and "bona" which represents their vision in order to position this portion of the Little Karoo.
		Situated in the towering Swartberg Mountains east of Oudtshoorn, Oulap is surrounded by magnificent mountain and country vistas in the midst of the spectacular Little Karoo.
	www.africanwelcome.co.za /accommodation-klein-karoo.htm (1506 words)

	Nama Karoo Foundation - Karoo Images and Photos
		The burning of mountain catchment areas is a major contributor to the loss of soil through erosion in the Nama Karoo.
		Little isolated island mountains can be a great place to find unique plants.
		Thomas Adams - a Karoo nomad of Bushman descent.
	www.namakaroo.com /nama_karoo_photos.htm (292 words)

	LITTLE KAROO, Western Cape
		Beaufort West: This quirky town - the oldest in the Central Karoo - is rich in history that holds intrigue for the scientist, the historian and the eco-tourist.
		Ladismith: The little town of Ladismith lies in the shadow of the Towerkop Mountain peak on Route 62, 300 km from Cape Town in the Karoo.
		Laingsburg: A small, modern Karoo village, Laingsburg lies at the confluence of two rivers in one of the driest parts of the country, 280 km from Cape Town just off the N1 highway that travels through the Great Karoo.
	www.sa-venues.com /attractionswc/karoo-attractions.htm (1256 words)

	Little Karoo safaris, lodges and wildlife tours
		The plain of the Klein Karoo (Little Karoo) about 60 km wide and 250km long and is sandwiched between the Swartberg Mountains to the north and the Langeberg and Outeniqua mountains to the south, which separate the Klein Karoo from the coastal terrace.
		Little rain falls in this area but the soil is irrigated by a network of streams, which rise in the mountains, forming the beautiful Rust-en-Vrede and Meiringspoort waterfalls, among others.
		In climate, terrain and vegetation, the Klein Karoo is a perfect habitat for ostriches-desert birds, which migrated from the north and settled here many years ago.
	www.ecoafrica.com /african/travel/LittleKaroo.html (238 words)

	The Great Karoo of South Africa
		The Karoo, the central high-plateau of South Africa, is surrounded by the mighty mountain chains of the escarpment.
		The Karoo National Park is situated close to the highway between Cape Town and the hinterland, approximately 1000km south of Johannesburg and 500 km north of Cape Town.
		Sheep and goats are the wealth of the Karoo and the multiplication of their numbers on the plains is the basis of most agriculture and much commerce in the region.
	www.thegreatkaroo.com (6236 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Succulent Karoo (AT1322)
		It includes three subregions: the Western Mountain Karoo comprising the southwestern sector of the Great Escarpment; the Tanqua Karoo, a large, arid basin located between the Western Mountain Karoo and the fynbos-clad Cape Fold Mountains; and the Little Karoo, a basin to the southeast, surrounded entirely by Cape Fold Mountains.
		To the south of the Succulent Karoo lie the fire-prone, hard-leaved shrublands of the Lowland and Montane Fynbos and Renosterveld ecoregions.
		In the Southern Karoo Domain, the Little Karoo is recognized as a distinct center of endemism.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1322_full.html (4698 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Little Karoo
		The Little Karoo is one of the two sub-regions of the semi-desert Karoo region of South Africa.
		As the name implies, the Little Karoo is the smaller (and more southerly) of the two Karoo sub-regions (the other being the appropriately named Great Karoo).
		Geographically it is a fertile valley (enclosed by the Swartberg, Langeberg and Outeniqua mountains) that features many spectacular rock formations and passes.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Little_Karoo (291 words)

	Little Karoo Accommodation \| Accommodation Little Karoo Guest Houses Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Cradled in the fertile Schoemanshoek Valley of South Africa’s Little Karoo, a stately Cape Dutch style homestead awaits to introduce you to the beauty and charm that is Altes Landhaus.
		The homestead was built a hundred years ago, and served as rectory to the local church from the 1950’s.
		Neslted at the foot of the towering Warmwaterberg mountain in the heart of the Little Karoo, Sanbona Wildlife Reserve celebrates the spirit of the San people who once roamed this distinctive area.
	www.sabreakaway.co.za /regionpage.asp?frmRegion=WPLK (426 words)

	The Great Karoo \| Northern Cape \| Country Info \| South Africa
		At the Karoo National Park, you can see a display of some the fossil remains of strange Triassic creatures – the stocky Bradysaurus, the mammal-like reptile called Lystrosaurus, the deadly scavenger-predator Gorgonopsian, and the strange, plant-eating, burrowing Diictodon.
		One of the Karoo’s most popular little towns is Prince Albert, set near the foot of the spectacular Swartberg mountain range and the equally astounding mountain pass.
		They all came to Matjiesfontein, a little Karoo town founded that started as a railway siding, but in 1884 was turned into Africa’s first health spa by an entrepreneurial Scot, James D Logan.
	www.getawayafrica.com /index.php?id=1220 (800 words)

	SANBI:Little Karoo section of the Conservatory
		The Little Karoo is situated in the Western Cape between the Swartberg and Langeberg Mountains.
		The natural terrain of this area is hilly and rocky, with quartz gravel flats and hills in the western part.
		The vegetation is succulent karoo, part of the Cape Floristic Region.
	www.sanbi.org /kirstenbosch/conservatory/litkaroo.html (434 words)

	Little Karoo, South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Little Karoo is the hot, dry region squeezed between the Outeniqua Mountains that separate it from the green and luscious Garden Route, and the rugged Swartberg Mountains that separate it from the wider, hotter Great Karoo.
		There are some great rock paintings in various parts of the Little Karoo.
		Ostrich on a farm in the Little Karoo
	www.safarinow.com /destinations/little-karoo/travel-guide.aspx (338 words)

	Drosanthemum floribundum
		In parts of the Little and Great Karoo Drosanthemum floribundum has proved to be an excellent feed for cattle, ewes and lambs.
		In times of drought famers in the Little Karoo fed these plants to their ostriches.
		The ideal time to sow these seeds are during the months of March, April and May. This is because winter rain usually falls for the first time during these months in the Little Karoo.
	www.plantzafrica.com /plantcd/drosanthflor.htm (556 words)

	Klein Karoo
		The Klein Karoo (Little Karoo) is situated between majestic mountains to the south and north.
		The Klein Karoo stretches along the the R62 from Barrydale in the west to De Rust in the east.
		The Klein Karoo is also one of the the most diverse wine regions in South-Africa.
	www.places.co.za /html/klein_karoo.html (346 words)

	Big Adventure in Little Karoo
		Characteristic "koppies" (little hills) dot the landscape of this somewhat barren region, it's semi-desert area typifies todays' sunny winter climate.
		The Little Karoo is a long narrow valley between the Outeniqua/Langeberg and the Swartberg Mountain ranges, not quite the harsh thirstland it's neighbour to the north is--the Central Karoo.
		The trip is a self-guided cycle route through the surrounding farmlands of the Little Karoo region with options to visit the local attractions.
	www.travel-wise.com /destination/safrica/safrica4.html (1058 words)

	Great Karoo and Little Karoo Tour
		Experience the rugged and mysteriously beautiful Great Karoo with its vast, desolate landscape and the Little Karoo with its magnificent mountain scapes - famous for its dried fruits and Port wines.
		Passing through Laingsburg we turn away from the main road and travel to Prince Albert, where we spend a leisurely evening, enjoying the clear Karoo night sky and feasting on a delicious traditional dinner of Karoo Lamb.
		After a hearty breakfast, we leave the Great Karoo, and (weather permitting), negotiate the magnificent grandfather of all passes, the Swartberg Pass, rising 1000 meters within 12 kilometres.
	www.34southtours.com /karoo.htm (326 words)

	Welcome to the Klein Karoo Wine Route
		The Klein Karoo Wine Route in the Southern Cape is arguably the most diverse of South Africa’s wine regions.
		It is the easternmost wine producing region in the country, stretching along the Cape Route 62 from Montagu in the west to Uniondale in the east.
		The Klein Karoo is situated between spectacular mountain ranges, and its vines are mostly grown in the fertile alluvial soil along the riverbanks.
	www.kleinkaroowines.co.za (231 words)

	Karoo Overland Tour
		Sample the port and also the dried fruit of the region before departing for the Little Karoo capital of Oudtshoorn.
		Relax on the spacious verandah and marvel at the magic as the crisp, clear Karoo night unfolds the spectacle of the southern night skies.
		Your guide will tell you a little about the planets, stars and constellations and even show you how to navigate your way by using the heavenly bodies.
	www.antarestours.com /overland_karoo.htm (865 words)

	Welcome to Karoo Lodge ... Things to do and see in and around Prince Albert
		Home to quite a number of artists, the Prince Albert Art Gallery is situated on the main road next to the Fransie Pienaar Museum and houses several local artist's works amongst others.
		Take advantage of an unforgettable opportunity to make Karoo Lodge your base whilst you explore the many natural wonders of this very unique region of South Africa.
		From Karoo Lamb to fruit and vegetables, cheeses, home-made jams and preserves, home baked bread and pickles, the Saturday market is once again becoming a tradition as of old.
	www.karoolodge.com /to_do.htm (795 words)

	The Gasteria Reference Collection in North America - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		March 14th, a Sunday, found me in Oudtshoorn and the famous Little Karoo, after an easy drive from Mossel Bay and the Groot Brak River the previous day.
		The bottom was a thicket growing along the banks of the little stream - a thicket the likes of which I had never seen (nor want to see again!).
		The plants were wedged in little pockets in the rock, and I found many growing along cracks in the rock up on a very shallow ledge, amongst ferns and right in mosses.
	www.gasteria.org /2004trip2.htm (1811 words)

	Sabona Wildlife Reserve - Little Karoo
		Wildlife: The stunning 54, 000 hectare Sanbona Wildlife Reserve in the Little Karoo is fast becoming one of the hottest weekend break destinations in South Africa.
		Nestled in the rolling koppies of the Little Karoo, at the foot of the Warmwaterberg, a sprawling expanse of undulating rock formations, hardy scrub vegetation and blue African skies, Sanbona Wildlife Reserve invites one to experience the peace and tranquility of Tilney Manor
		Tucked away in a secluded valley overlooking a natural watering hole, Khanni Lodge is an idyllic Klein Karoo summer house, with wrap-around verandas, high lime-washed ceilings and exposed beams providing a feeling of cool, airy space.
	www.south-african-lodges.com /sanbona-wildlife-reserve/index.php (662 words)

	Off the Beaten Path - South Africa Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
		The narrow unpaved road is 24km long, reaches 1600m in height and connects the fertile Little Karoo with the vast and barren Karoo.
		The Little Karoo is a semi-desert with plenty of scenic attractions such as the Meiringspoort and Tradouw canyons.
		While the resort itself is a little dull, Cintsa is worth visiting for Michaela's alone, one of the most beautiful restaurants in the country (in the world?).
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/South_Africa/Off_the_Beaten_Path-South_Africa-R-12.html (726 words)

	Karoo,Karoo Accommodation,Western Cape,South Africa
		Except for the fynbos vegetation of the Cape, the flora of the central South African high-plateau is dominated by the wide steppe vegetation of the Karoo.
		In the last 100 years, the Karoo has more than doubled its extension, and still today the semi-desert spreads into the bordering savannah.
		Due to the average altitude of 1200 m of the central Karoo, temperatures in summer are usually bearable, although the thermometer reading can sometimes go well over 40 degrees Celsius.
	cybercapetown.com /WesternCape/Karoo (323 words)

	Cape Karoo \| Central Karoo \| South Africa
		Visitors to the Karoo can evidence of its fascinating geology and paleontology at the Karoo National Park and along Laingsburg Geological Walk today.
		The largest San rock art site in the Karoo can be visited at Nelspoort, 40km north of Beaufort West.
		The Central Karoo is also a place of pioneers.
	www.tourismcapetown.co.za /za/guide/114498sy,en,SCH1/objectId,RGN25za,_area,capekaroo,_site,visit-travel,curr,ZAR,season,at2,selectedEntry,home/home.html (229 words)

	Jungle Photos Africa Satellite Images - South Africa coast
		In the Republic of South Africa (bottom) Cape Town is a gray patch at the north edge of False Bay.
		North of the first range of mountains along the southern coast is a narrow tableland called the Little Karoo.
		A second, long escarpment separates the Little Karoo from the Great Karoo.
	www.junglephotos.com /africa/afspace/mountains/safricacoast.shtml (101 words)

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