Kalahari
Americannoun
noun
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The show featured a long-term research site in the Kalahari Desert run by Tim Clutton-Brock, an evolutionary biologist retired from the University of Cambridge.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Some of the Eastern Rock sengis were living very close to Bushveld sengis, a surprising result since Tswalu Kalahari Reserve lies outside the species' expected range.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 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
Rain accumulates in the Angolan highlands, eventually flowing down into the main channel of the Okavango River in Namibia before spilling out across the Kalahari sands of northern Botswana.
From National Geographic • Oct. 2, 2023
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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