Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive game reserve within the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, established in 1961 and covering roughly 52,800 square kilometres, making it the second largest game reserve in the world by area. It occupies more than forty percent of Botswana's Ghanzi District and protects a semi-arid landscape of grassland, fossil river valleys and scattered acacia scrub, home to species including lion, cheetah, gemsbok and brown hyena adapted to the desert's scarce water. The reserve is also long associated with the San (Bushmen) and Bakgalagadi peoples, whose historical presence within its boundaries has been the subject of extended legal and political dispute over residency rights.
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1. Central Kalahari Game Reserve - Wikipedia
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is an extensive national park in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana
Extract [established-year]
Established in 1961 it covers an area of 52,800 square kilometres
Extract [area-sq-km]
it covers an area of 52,800 square kilometres (20,400 mi2)
Wikidata claim P814
IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area
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Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive national park in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Established in 1961 it covers an area of 52,800 square kilometres (20,400 mi2) (larger than the Netherlands, and almost 10% of Botswana's total land area), making it the second largest game reserve in the world.
View the SourceWikidata: Central Kalahari Game Reserve
- Wikidata Q194732, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Part Of: Botswana, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the SourceWikidata: Botswana
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