- Little Karoo
- geographical name — see karoo
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Little Karoo
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Little Karoo — ▪ plateau, South Africa Karoo also spelled Karroo, also called Southern Karoo, Afrikaans Klein Karoo, or Suiderlik Karoo, intermontane plateau basin in Western Cape province, South Africa, lying between the east west oriented Groot… … Universalium
Little Karoo — /lɪtl kəˈru/ (say litl kuh rooh) noun See Karoo (def. 1) …
Karoo Dwarf Chameleon — Conservation status Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Karoo — The Karoo (a Khoisan word of uncertain etymology [ Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition, 1989, OED Online] ) is a semi desert region of South Africa. It has two main sub regions the Great Karoo in the north and the Little Karoo in the south … Wikipedia
karoo — ka·roo also kar·roo (kə ro͞oʹ) n. pl. ka·roos An arid plateau of southern Africa. [Afrikaans, from Nama !garo b, desert.] * * * ▪ region, South Africa also spelled Karroo arid to semiarid geographic region of Eastern Cape, Western Cape … Universalium
Karoo — Ka·roo (kə ro͞oʹ) See Karroo. * * * ▪ region, South Africa also spelled Karroo arid to semiarid geographic region of Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa. The Karoo is best defined by its vegetation, which… … Universalium
Karoo — or Karroo geographical name plateau region W Republic of South Africa W of Drakensberg Mountains divided into Little Karoo (or Southern Karoo (in central Western Cape province), ) Great Karoo (or Central Karoo (in Western Cape & Eastern Cape… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Karoo — /kəˈru/ (say kuh rooh) noun 1. any of several high arid plateaus in the southern part of the Republic of South Africa, especially the Great Karoo in the provinces of Western Cape and Eastern Cape with an average height of 750 m, and the Little… …
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Karoo Thrush — Taxobox name = Karoo Thrush image caption = status = trend = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Turdidae genus = Turdus species = T. smithi binomial = Turdus smithi binomial authority = Bonaparte,… … Wikipedia
