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Karoo

, Karroo
1. any of several high arid plateaus in South Africa, esp the Central Karoo and the Little Karoo. The highveld, north of the Central Karoo, is sometimes called the Northern Karoo
2. a period or rock system in Southern Africa equivalent to the period or system extending from the Upper Carboniferous to the Lower Jurassic: divided into Lower and Upper Karoo
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karoo

[kə′rü]
(geography)
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The rapid origin of this Karoo flood basalt province in southern Africa has been frequently associated with the melting of a large plume that ascended from the deep mantle around 180 million years ago.
"This would explain the large volume of alteration encountered in both holes (1.8km apart) which is possibly due to fenitization associated with the emplacement of carbonatites into the Karoo sediments.
The post More than half a million Rand donated to Karoo grower appeared first on SA Food Review .
sThe journey rumbles out through Soweto and the townships, heading for the vast open plateau of the Karoo desert itself, its huge emptiness broken by the occasional diamond prospecting town such as Kimberley.
Ali Qandeel, and Walid Abo Magd and Alaa El Sheikh are considered the most known stand-up comedians in Egypt, in addition to a number of crews such as Comedino and Eight Karoo (Tamanya Karoo).
| WHERE...are the Great Karoo and the Little Karoo regions?
The big cat, also called Sylvester, fled on Sunday from Karoo National Park in the Western Cape by crawling under an electric fence after heavy rain dislodged earth.
25 February 2016 - UK-based coal bed methane and shale gas explorer Karoo Energy plc (ISD: KEP) has conditionally agreed to acquire 1.5m ordinary shares in its 86.95% owned subsidiary, Equatorial Oil and Gas plc, the company said.
Unfortunately we have no kittiwake, kingbird, killdeer, kiskadee, kurrawong, karoo korhaan or knock-kneed kaka-beak (the kaka-beak is actually a NZ shrub).
However, widespread environmental concerns and a decision to engage with the Karoo's communities have led others to sympathise with the government's approach to fracking--a controversial process that attracts scrutiny well beyond South Africa's borders.
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