Kalahari Desert
desert in southern Africa
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Summary
Kalahari Desert is a desert[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of desert entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,339 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Botswana[3], Namibia[4], Angola[5], South Africa[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Orange River[7]
- Continent: Africa[8]
- Instance of: deserts and xeric shrublands[9], savanna[10]
- Commons category: Kalahari[11]
- Said to be the same as: Dorsland[12]
- Highest point: Brandberg[13]
- Located in/on physical feature: Kalahari[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kalahari Desert[15]
- Commons gallery: Kalahari[16]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21]
- Length: 4000 km[22]
- Elevation above sea level: 1168 m[23]
- Area: 930,000 km²[24]
- Width: 200 km[25]
- Located in protected area: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kalahari Desert include Kalahari craton[28], a craton[29], in Botswana[30].
Why It Matters
Kalahari Desert has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for it include Kalahari craton[28], a craton[29], in Botswana[30].