10 Facts About the Kalahari Desert
In Southern Africa, the Kalahari Desert is a huge semi-arid sandy savannah. One of the most fascinating Kalahari Desert facts is that it is not a desert in the technical sense of the word because it receives too much rain - between 5 and 10 inches each year.
Any rain, on the other hand, passes quickly through the immense sand dunes, leaving nothing on the surface, transforming the Kalahari into the "thirstland." The name "Kalahari" comes from the Tswana words Kgala, which means "great thirst," or Kgalagadi, which means "a dry land."