Kalahari Gemsbok National Park

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Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa: see Kalahari Kalahari , arid plateau region, c.100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km), in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. The Kalahari, covered largely by reddish sand, lies between the Orange and Zambezi rivers and is studded with dry lake beds. Yearly rainfall varies from 5 in. (12.
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national park in the Republic of South Africa. It is located in the Kalahari Desert, in the northern part of Cape of Good Hope Province. Founded in 1931. Area, about 900,000 hectares (1970). The typical landscape is barchans; vegetation consists mostly of thorny shrubs. Antelopes inhabiting the park include the gems-bok (Oryx gazella), springbok, common eland, and red harte-beest. Artificial watering places have been built to preserve the animals. There are two tourist camps in the park, at Twee Ri-vieren and Mata Mata.

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No references found			Kalahari Gemsbok National Park is wild and remote (and difficult access except for the well equipped), an excellent location for those who seek the true wilderness. A-z of Botswana Safari Holidays (Almost) by Gail Kenny / Travel, recreation and leisure community Tony Weaver begeeft zich naar het Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, gelegen in het uiterste noordwesten van het land. An ethical perspective on South African ecotourism/Herovering van het ... by Zajas, Pawel / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Last April, the Presidents of South Africa and Botswana signed the treaty that links South Africa's Gemsbok National Park with Botswana's Kalahari Gemsbok National Park to form the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Africa's mega peace parks by Williams, Stephen / African Business			Kaktynš, Adolf Kaktyns, Adolf Kakurin, Nikolai Kakurin, Nikolai Evgenevich Kakutani, Shizuo kal Baisakhi kal'a Kal-Do Process Kal-Haven Trail State Park Kala kala azar Kalaa Beni-Hammad Kalach Kalach Upland Kalach-Na-Donu Kalachinsk Kalachinskii, Mikhas Kalachinskii, Mikhas Ivanovich Kalachov, Nikolai Kalachov, Nikolai Vasilevich Kalacuri dynasty Kaladze, Karlo Kaladze, Karlo Razhdenovich Kalahari Kalahari Desert Kalahari Gemsbok National Park Kalai-Mir Kalai-Mor Kalaidovich, Konstantin Kalaidovich, Konstantin Fedorovich Kalakan Kalakh Kalakhana Kalakshetra Arts Festival Kalakutskii, Nikolai Kalakutskii, Nikolai Veniaminovich kalam Kalamai Kalámai Kalamata Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Kalambo Falls kalamein door Kalamein fire door Kalamita Kalamitskii Gulf Kalanchak kalanchoe Kalandarishvili, Nestor Kalandarishvili, Nestor Aleksandrovich			kala-azar kala-azar Kalaa Beni-Hammad Kalaallit Nunaanni Aalisartut Piniartullu Kattuffiat Kalaallit Nunaat Kalaallit Nunaat Kalaam-e-majeed Kalaam-e-majeed Kalabagan Kalabagan Kalach Kalach Upland Kalach-na-Donu Kalachinsk Kalachinskii, Mikhas Kalachinskii, Mikhas Ivanovich Kalachov, Nikolai Kalachov, Nikolai Vasilevich Kalachuri dynasty Kalacuri dynasty Kalacuri Era Kaladan Press Network Kaladze, Karlo Kaladze, Karlo Razhdenovich KALAGNY Kalahari Kalahari Kalahari Conservation Society Kalahari Desert Kalahari Desert Kalahari Gemsbok National Park Kalahari Kricket Klan Kalahayta-in Kalai-Mir Kalai-Mor Kalaidoscope Kalaidoscope Kalaidovich, Konstantin Kalaidovich, Konstantin Fedorovich Kalaignar Karunanidhi Nagar Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve Kalakan Kalakaua Marine Education Center Kalakh Kalakh Kalakhana Kalaki Kalaki Kalakshetra Arts Festival Kalakutskii, Nikolai Kalakutskii, Nikolai Veniaminovich Kalam Kalam (Islamic term) Kalam Integrated Development Project Kalamai Kalámai Kalamansi Kalamansi lime

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