Kalahari Desert

This huge desert area is part of the large inland basin in southern Africa. Because of its porous and sandy soil, which does not allow water resorption, the Kalahari is still called a desert, but in reality it is a wilderness filled with life, on whose grass-covered areas many herds of game and other animals live.

The Kalahari is the former main settlement area of the San. The San are organized in small families and live as nomadic hunter-gatherers. The family is fed by the rich wild stock of the Kalahari and the fruits and roots found here. They obtain water from water-storing plants

The annual amount of precipitation in the south and west is around 150-250 mm, while in the north and east it rises to over 500 mm, so the climate there is sub-humid. The Kalahari, except for this area, is located in a continental arid climate zone. It is characterized by long dry periods.