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 semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering 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".