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Kalahari Desert

Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert covers most of Botswana and portions of northern South Africa and eastern Namibia. The desert is part of a much larger semidesert sand basin that stretches into Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The desert's name is derived from the Tswana word Kgalagadi, meaning "the great thirst."
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