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• KARROO —    the name of a barren tract of tableland in South Africa with a clay soil, which, however, bursts into grassy verdure and blossom after rain; the Great Karroo, which is 850 m. long and about 80 m. broad, is 3000 ft. above the sea level, while… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Karroo — Blick über den Karoo Nationalpark Blick über die Kleine Karoo …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• karroo — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, barren, barren land, barrens, brush, bush, desert, desolation, dust bowl, heath, howling wilderness, lunar landscape, lunar waste, outback, salt flat, waste, wasteland, weary waste …   Moby Thesaurus

• Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research — The Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research (BPI) is part of the School of Geosciences in the Faculty of Science of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and was established in 1945.HistoryAt a public… …   Wikipedia

• BIOGÉOGRAPHIE — La biogéographie embrasse tous les aspects de l’adaptation des êtres vivants à leur milieu. Elle doit considérer tour à tour leur origine, leurs migrations et leurs associations, ou biocénoses . L’issue des conflits entre l’hérédité et le milieu… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean, adj., n. /zim bahb way, wee/, n. 1. Formerly, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 11,423,175; 150,330 sq. mi.… …   Universalium

• Zambia — Zambian, adj., n. /zam bee euh/, n. a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 9,349,975; 288,130 sq. mi.… …   Universalium

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• Botswana — /bot swah neuh/, n. a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 1,500,765; 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). Cap.: Gaborone. Formerly, Bechuanaland. * * * Botswana… …   Universalium

• List of rodents — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… …   Wikipedia

• Karoo — Ka·roo (kə ro͞oʹ) See Karroo. * * * ▪ region, South Africa also spelled  Karroo    arid to semiarid geographic region of Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa. The Karoo is best defined by its vegetation, which… …   Universalium