Kalahari, Kalahari Desert

a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

• desert — an arid region with little or no vegetation

• Namibia, Republic of Namibia — a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia form part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa
• Botswana, Republic of Botswana — a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s
• South Africa, Republic of South Africa — a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)