Africa's Most Savage Season - The Fight For Survival - World Documentaries

The Kalahari Desert (in Afrikaans Kalahari-woestyn) is a large semi-arid sandy savannah in southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana and components of Namibia-- previously South West Africa-- and South Africa. A semi-desert, with massive tracts of outstanding grazing after great rainfalls, the Kalahari sustains a lot more animals and plants than a true desert, such as the Namib Desert to the west. There are percentages of rains and the summertime temperature is extremely high. The driest areas generally receive 110-- 200 millimetres (4.3-- 7.9 in) of rain per year, and the wettest simply a little over 500 millimetres (20 in). The bordering Kalahari Basin covers over 2,500,000 square kilometres (970,000 sq mi) prolonging a greater distance into Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and interfering right into components of Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Kalahari is home to numerous migratory birds and animals. Recently places for crazy animals from elephants to giraffes, and for predators such as lions and cheetahs, the riverbeds are now mostly grazing spots, though leopards and cheetahs could still be found. The area is now heavily foraged and cattle fences limit the motion of wild animals. Among deserts of the southern hemisphere, the Kalahari most very closely appears like some Australian deserts in its latitude and its method of formation.The Kalahari Desert originated approximately sixty million years ago together with the development of the African continent.
Originated from the Tswana word Kgala, meaning "the great thirst", or Kgalagadi, meaning "a waterless place", [1] the Kalahari has huge areas covered by red sand without any kind of long-term surface area water. Drain is by dry valleys, seasonally flooded pans, and the big salt frying pans of the Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana and Etosha Pan in Namibia.