Kalahari Desert

Kalahari Desert
A satellite image of the Kalahari by NASA WorldWind
Kalahari Desert (maroon) Kalahari Basin (orange)
Length	4,000 km (2,500 mi)
Area	900,000 km2 (350,000 sq mi)
Geography
Countries	Botswana Namibia South Africa
State/Province	Southern Region
Coordinates	23°S 22°E / 23°S 22°E / -23; 22
River	Orange River

The Kalahari Desert is a large semiarid sandy savanna in Southern Africa covering 900,000 km² (350,000 sq mi) including much of Botswana as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa.

It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African Namib coastal desert, whose name is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means "vast place".