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    The Karoo (/kəˈruə/ kə-ROO-ə; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ǃ’Aukarob "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural...
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    The Karoo National Park is a wildlife reserve in the Great Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West. This semi-desert area covers...
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    Bush vlei rat (redirect from Karoo Bush Rat)
    The bush vlei rat or Karoo bush rat (Myotomys unisulcatus, formerly Otomys unisulcatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Namibia...
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    southern Namibia. It is a species found in karoo scrub, fynbos and bracken-covered slopes in semi-desert and mountains. The former eastern subspecies...
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    Orania (category Karoo)
    town founded by Afrikaners. It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. The town is split in two halves by...
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    Riverine rabbit (category Karoo)
    distribution area, found only in the central and southern regions of the Karoo Desert of South Africa's Northern Cape Province. It is the only member of the...
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    In 2001, Kramer launched a show called Karoo Kitaar Blues, presenting the eccentric guitar styles of the Karoo - the unique finger-picking and tunings...
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    Penn Lloyd; Morné A du Plessis; Thomas E Martin (2004). "The influence of nest-site characteristics on the nesting success of the Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)"...
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    South Africa (redirect from Afrique du sud)
    the north is known as the Little Karoo, which consists of semi-desert shrubland similar to that of the Great Karoo, except that its northern strip along...
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    layer rests on the youngest of the Karoo Supergroup sediments, the Clarens sandstone, which was laid down under desert conditions, about 200 million years...
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    no folding took place. The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. The supergroup consists of...
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    Highveld slopes gently downwards to be bounded by the Great Karoo to the south, the Kalahari desert to the west, the Bushveld to the north, the Mpumalanga...
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    Laingsburg, South Africa (category Karoo)
    Africa. It is a relatively large agricultural town in the semi-arid Great Karoo; it's economy is based on farming goats, sheep, fruits, and vegetable. The...
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    temperatures associated with extinctions, likely caused by the eruption of the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous provinces. The end of the Jurassic, however, has no...
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    National Park Golden Gate Highlands National Park Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park Karoo National Park Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Knysna National Lake Area Kruger...
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    Augrabies Falls National Park (category Kalahari Desert)
    or kokerboom. It is perfectly adapted to the dry semi-desert rocky areas found in the Nama-Karoo, able to withstand the extreme temperatures and the infertile...
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    Central Kalahari Desert" (PDF). East African Wildlife Journal. 16: 113–135. Du Toit, P.C.V. "Objektiewe weidingsindekswaardes van Nama-Karoo plantegroei:...
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    volumetric body mass estimate and a new in vivo 3D reconstruction of the oldest Karoo pareiasaur Bradysaurus baini , and body size evolution in Pareiasauria"...
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    Caracal (category Desert fauna)
    Palmer, R. & Fairall, N. (1988). "Caracal and African wild cat diet in the Karoo National Park and the implications thereof for hyrax" (PDF). South African...
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  • agency. Its subsoil has a predominance of slate which favors the karoo (semi-desert type vegetation) on the fynbos. There are remarkable quantities of...
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  • months and ranges from 250 millimetres (9.84 in) in the semi-desert-like region of Klein Karoo to 1,500 millimetres (59.06 in) near the Worcester Mountains...
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    1073/pnas.0903672106. PMC 2799835. PMID 20007379. Bryden, H. (1889). Kloof and Karoo. London: Longmans, Green and Co. pp. 393–403. ASIN B00CNE0EZC. Rookmaaker...
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    Mountains Driekops Eiland near Kimberley ǀXam and ǂKhomani heartland in the Karoo, Northern Cape Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre near Kimberley, Northern...
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    while those of the Middle and Late Permian are dominated by temperate Karoo Supergroup sediments of South Africa and the Ural region of European Russia...
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    "Review of the tetrapod fauna of the 'Lower Stormberg Group' of the main Karoo Basin (southern Africa) : Implication for the age of the Lower Elliot Formation"...
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  • (Wahlberg, 1855) 5 Short-clawed lark Certhilauda chuana (Smith, A, 1836) 6 Karoo long-billed lark Certhilauda subcoronata Smith, A, 1843 7 Benguela long-billed...
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    Town, this arid expanse—its name [Karoo] means "thirsty land"—sees less rain in some parts than the Mojave Desert. "Explorarea gazelor de şist de către...
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    highlands. The secretarybird prefers open grasslands, savannas and shrubland (Karoo) rather than forests and dense shrubbery that may impede its cursorial existence...
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    wagon industry. Due to the fact that Worcester was the last town before the Karoo interior, hotels and shops started to spring up to replenish travellers...
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  • Kingdom. She is usually accompanied by her closest friend Karoo.[ch. 109f.] She and Karoo sailed for a time with the Straw Hat Pirates when they entered...
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