Kalahari Desert

Fernando · by **Fernando** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

Hi, this is for an assignment at school & I need to know some threats to the Kalahari Bushmen and why they are threatened. Thanks!

Wonda · by **Wonda** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

Current threats include, poverty,unemployment due to low education, AIDS/HIV and alcohol abuse.

Attached hereto is an article that will give your more info. for your school assignment:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWH ... KNI9nLz3IQ

Dagny · by **Dagny** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

How can I make a good Kalahari Desert Diorama?

I just want some good ideas. Thanks!

Caroll · by **Caroll** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

Well, aside from pouring sand into a shoebox...
I've made some desert dioramas in my middleschool heydays, and I found ant farms to be particularly awsome. but you need to be somewhat handy. You take out most of the sand, and then put stuff into the farm, then fill more sand in as you go. You end up like:

sandsand roadrunner sandsand cactus
sand scorpion sand lizard sandsand
sandsandsandsand toad sandsandsand
sandsandsandsandsandsand turtle sand
sandsandsand etc. sandsandsandsand
sandsandsandsandsandsandsandsand
sandsandsandsandsandsandsandsand

then you could label them on the glass or something.

Pura · by **Pura** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

Without looking up anything: In what continent is the Kalahari Desert?

Be honest. Have a guess even. It's OK if you don't know. It doesn't mean you are dumb. It just means you don't know.

Ginger · by **Ginger** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

Africa. Less time used compared to your question on Tropic of Cancer.

Klara · by **Klara** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

I have reason to believe it is sort of in "inland desert", but I'm not sure, and am having trouble with an assignment, due to the little time I've had to do it.

Your help is much appreciated!

Judith · by **Judith** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

The Kalahari Desert is part of the huge sand basin, reaching from the Orange River up to Angola, over the east of Namibia, into Botswana and South Africa. The erosion of soft stone formations created the sand masses. The red parallel dunes with wind-shaped sand ridges were stabilised through vegetation and are so typical of the landscape in the Kalahari. Unlike the dunes of the Namib Desert, those of the Kalahari are stable and not wandering. Dominant vegetation: grasses, thorny shrubs and Acacia trees.

Devon · by **Devon** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

What are the monthly averages for rainfall in the Kalahari Desert? What are the monthly averages for rainfall in the Kalahari Desert?

Twyla · by **Twyla** » 28 Nov 2009, 17:17

I couldn't find monthly averages, but here is the yearly amount of rain:

"Parts of the Kalahari receive over 250 mm of erratic rainfall annually and are quite well vegetated; it is only truly arid in the south-west (under 175 mm of rain annually"

Kalahari Desert

What Are Some Threats To The Kalahari Desert Bushmen?

How can I make a good Kalahari Desert Diorama?

Without looking up anything: In what continent is the...

In what way was the Kalahari Desert formed?

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