At school we have this project in groups for Geography Please help me (its hard!)?

Question

I have to find three landforms that are in the Kalahari Desert. Does anyone know of any landforms that occour in this desert?

Answer 1

"A landform comprises a geomorphological unit. Landforms are categorised by characteristics such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. Landforms by name include berms, mounds, hills, cliffs, valleys, and so forth." (www.ask.com)

"A basin-shaped desert region covering about 360,000 square miles (930,000 square kilometers) in southern Africa, the Kalahari desert is bounded by the headwaters of the Zambezi River to the north, the plateaus of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe to the east, the Orange River to the south, and the highlands of Namibia to the west. The only landforms rising above the relatively uniform Kalahari are occasional smooth rocks that form hills in the southeast, southwest, and northwest. Long chains of crescent-shaped dunes characterize the entire western part of the Kalahari. The Kalahari lies about 3,000 feet (900 meters) above sea level." (http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9275213)

There are at least 3 landforms mentioned there. I found this information in less than 1 minute. You can too. Now that you have the headstart, get to work and do your own research.

Answer 2

OK, so 2 options. It's a desert, so check the internet for desert landforms, and then search using kalahari as an added descriptor.
Maybe search the images in Yahoo for the Kahalari and see what landforms you can see
Try
http://ladywildlife.com/animal/thekalaharidesertanditswildlife.html
and
http://ladywildlife.com/animal/thekalaharidesertanditswildlife.html

Answer 3

Africa is like no other travel destination, and if approached with a spirit of reverence and spirituality, can change you and your perceptions of life.The Kalahari Desert is one of these destinations offering the spirituality of the Makgadikgadi Pans or the humbling experience of the peoples of the San - The Kalahari Bushmen.


Although called a desert, The Kalahari Desert is not in fact a desert at all! At least not by the normal standards for classifying a desert. A more correct term would be a 'thirstland', as no-where in the Kalahari Desert sands is the rainfall less than 150mm a year.

The reason it was called a desert goes back to the first impressions from explorers such as Thomas Baines, David Livingstone and Jacobus Coetse Jansz (the first recorded white man who visited the area in 1760) They reported an arid interior, deep sand cover, an absence of standing water and sand dunes – albeit covered in trees. The area covered by the Kalahari Desert stretches from Brokspits in South Africa right up through Botswana nearly to Maun, and across eastwards into Namibia.



The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa extending to some 900,000 km² and covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa. The surrounding Kalahari Basin covers over 2.5 million km² extending farther into Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and encroaching into parts of Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The only permanent river, the Okavango, flows into a delta in the northwest, forming marshes that are rich in wildlife. Ancient dry riverbeds—called omuramba—traverse the Central Northern reaches of the Kalahari and provide standing pools of water during the rainy season. Previously havens for wild animals from elephant to giraffe, and for predators such as lion and cheetah, the riverbeds are now mostly grazing spots, though leopard or cheetah can still be found.

Answer 4

oasis, desert with sand and desert with some platns;d search for info in enciclopedia or find some web page about that

Answer 5

I don't know how to answer your question exactly. But found some good information for you to look at.

Answer 6

you should search the web for help...

www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9275213

Answer 7

check here

Answer 8

i wont help