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Kalahari

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

noun

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


Kalahari British  
/ ˌkæləˈhɑːrɪ /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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