tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281965312012-01-22T18:57:19.864+02:00Desert Kalahari, a look at various deserts around Africa. This blog features information about the Kalahari Desert, as well as a look at the following topics: Desert Plants and Animals | Safaris | Desert Oasis | Accommodation | Kalahari Lodge | Desert Dunes | Africa Hunt Safari | Desert Life | Namib DesertKurt71421http://www.blogger.com/profile/18368998587688145953noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28196531.post-38002589793857989922009-03-05T20:24:00.000+02:002009-03-12T09:51:34.727+02:00

The Namib Desert is located in Namibia and southwest Angola, which forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The name "Namib" is of Nama origin.The desert occupies an area of around 80 900 km² (31 200 square miles), stretching about 1,600 km (1000 miles) along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia. Its east-west width varies from 50-160 km (30 to 100 miles). The Namib Desert also reaches into

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The Kalahari supports a variety of fauna and flora, despite its aridity. The native flora includes acacia trees and many other herbs and grasses. Some of the areas within the Kalahari are seasonal wetlands. These include the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana. This area supports numerous halophilic species, and in the rainy season, thousands of flamingos visit these Makgadikgadi Pans.The Kalahari has

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Kalahari is derived from the Tswana word Kgala, meaning "the great thirst", or Khalagari, Kgalagadi or Kalagare, meaning "a waterless place". The Kalahari desert has vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent surface water. Drainage is by dry valleys, seasonally inundated pans, and the large salt pans of the Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana and Etosha Pan in Namibia. However, the Kalahari

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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. The sand masses were created by the erosion of soft stone formations. The wind shaped the sand ridges, which are so typical of the landscape in the Kalahari.Only in recent geological history, 10 to 20,000 years ago, were the dunes stabilised

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