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Kalahari

American

[kah-luh-hahr-ee, kal-uh-] / ˌkɑ ləˈhɑr i, ˌkæl ə- /

noun

a desert region in SW Africa, largely in Botswana. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).

Kalahari British

/ ˌkæləˈhɑːrɪ /

noun

Also known as: the Kalahari Desert. an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)

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The new study builds on earlier work at Wonderwerk Cave, located in South Africa's Kalahari Desert.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

In the more than three decades that Clutton-Brock has been watching the Kalahari meerkats, he’s seen their habitat get hotter.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Brazil are unbeaten in five matches at the six-team Kalahari Women's T20 tournament, which is being staged entirely in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two great-grandchildren practised the ancient N|uu language of South Africa's indigenous San people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

For example, the IKung' Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana have an explanation for the Milky Way, which at their latitude is often overhead.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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