Kalahari Basin

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geographical region inland drainage basin

The Kalahari Basin is a large inland drainage basin in southern Africa that encompasses and gives rise to the arid Kalahari Desert and surrounding semi-arid regions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kalahari transition zone	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ inland drainage basin ⓘ
approximateArea	2500000 square kilometres ⓘ
borders	Limpopo River ⓘ surface form: Limpopo Basin Orange River ⓘ surface form: Orange River Basin Zambezi Basin ⓘ
contains	Etosha National Park ⓘ surface form: Etosha Pan Kalahari Desert ⓘ Makgadikgadi Pans region ⓘ surface form: Makgadikgadi Pan Okavango Delta ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Angola ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Eswatini ⓘ Lesotho ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
drainageType	endorheic basin ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic	thick sand cover ⓘ
givesRiseTo	Kalahari Desert ⓘ
hasClimate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
hasEcosystem	dry woodland ⓘ grassland ⓘ
hasFeature	dry riverbeds ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ savanna ⓘ seasonal pans ⓘ
hydrologicalCharacteristic	internal drainage ⓘ
indigenousPeoples	Khoikhoi ⓘ Khoisan peoples ⓘ surface form: San people
locatedIn	Southern Africa ⓘ surface form: southern Africa
partOf	Kalahari Craton ⓘ
region	Kalahari Desert ⓘ surface form: Kalahari
supportsHumanActivity	pastoralism ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
supportsSpecies	brown hyena ⓘ gemsbok ⓘ lions ⓘ meerkat ⓘ springbok ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Eurasian desert belt → contains → Kalahari Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalahari transition zone

Okavango Delta → locatedIn → Kalahari Basin ⓘ

Kalahari Desert → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ

Makgadikgadi Pans region → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ