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Definition of Kalahari desert
1. Noun. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
Generic synonyms: Desert
Group relationships: Namibia, Republic Of Namibia, South West Africa, Botswana, Republic Of Botswana, Republic Of South Africa, South Africa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalahari Desert
Literary usage of Kalahari desert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"The kalahari desert is 900 miles in length, and in some places 500 miles in
breadth, and contains upwards of 260000 square miles, exclusive of some 20000 ..."
2. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"Edible Frogs.—Scavenger Beetle.—Continued Hostility of the Boers.—The Journey
north.—Preparations.—Fellow-travelers.—The kalahari desert.—Vegetation. ..."
3. A Physical, Historical, Political, & Descriptive Geography by Alexander Keith Johnston, Ernest George Ravenstein (1885)
"THE kalahari desert. 84. The Kalahari represents the area of the interior of
South Africa which is most deficient in moisture supply, ..."
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