Kalahari Basin

E70367
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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kalahari Basin canonical 15
Green Kalahari region 1
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 (17)

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

Kalahari Desert → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Makgadikgadi Pans region → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Okavango Delta → locatedIn → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Afro-Eurasian desert belt → contains → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalahari transition zone
Okavango River → mouthLocation → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Namibia and Botswana → shareGeographicFeature → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Motswana → culturalRegion → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Gǀui language → linguisticArea → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Upington → isTourismHubFor → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green Kalahari region
Central Botswana → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
San → traditionalTerritory → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Sua Pan → locatedIn → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Nxai Pan → locatedIn → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
northern Botswana → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Botswana
Auob River → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Etosha Pan → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ
Omaheke Region → partOf → Kalahari Basin ⓘ