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Karoo

The Karoo (/kəˈruə/ kə-ROO-ə; likely from Khoikhoi (also known as Khoekhoegowab/Namagowab or Hottentot language) word Karo (Korana for 'hard, dry, desert')) is a semidesert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its extent is also not precisely defined. The Karoo is partly defined by its…

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Divisions

Great Karoo

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Klein Karoo

Geology of the Karoo

Karoo flora

Karoo in literature

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Karoo

Nodes205
Edges204
Triples263
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009756
Components1

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Karoo

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related to Great Karoo · 62
Karoo → Algoa Bay, Amsterdam, Anysberg Mountains, Beaufort West, Before, Bushmanland, By, Camdeboo, Camdeboo Plains, Cape, Cape Fold Mountains, Cranemere, Daniel Halladay, Eastern Midlands, Elephant, European, Francois Le Vaillant, French, Good Hope, Great Escarpment
related to Klein Karoo · 53
Karoo → Afrikaans, Amalienstein, As, Barrydale, Burchell's, Calitzdorp, Cape, Cape Fold Belt, Cape Fold Mountain, Cape Nature, Conservation, Cradock, De Rust, Dysselsdorp, Enon Conglomerate, Equus, European, Feather Palaces, Gamkaberg Nature Reserves, Geographically
related to history · 29
Karoo → Africa, After, Ancient, Andrew Geddes Bain, As Gondwana, Beaufort, Beaufort Group, British Museum, Dwyka Group, Ecca Group, Fort Beaufort, Gondwana, He, Highveld, Icebergs, Karoo Supergroup, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mississippi-like, Scotish
related to Succulent Karoo biome · 28
Karoo → An, Asteraceae, August, Breede River Valley, Cape Town, From, Frost, Grasses, Great Karoo, However, It, Klein Karoo, Lamberts Bay, Lower Karoo, Moordenaarskaroo, Nama Karoo, Namaland, Namaqualand, Namibia, None
related to Geology of the Klein Karoo · 22
Karoo → African, Bokkeveld, Calitzdorp, Cape Fold Mountain Belt, Cape Fold Mountains, Cape Supergroup, Cretaceous, During, Enon Conglomerates, Great Karoo, Great Karoos, Karoo Koppies, Klein, Klein Karoo, NS, Oudtshoorn, Redstone Hills, Supergroup, Table Mountain Group, The
related to Nama Karoo biome · 16
Karoo → Acacia, Chrysocoma, Eastern Midlands, Great Karoo, However, It, Much, Nama Karoo, Namibia's Namaqualand, Overgrazing, Red Data Book, Rhigozum, South Africa, South Africa's Bushmanland, The, The Nama Karoo
related to The Great Karoo · 12
Karoo → Although, Cape Fold Mountains, Gondwana, Great Karoo, In, It, Karoo Supergroup, Lesotho, South Africa, Transvaal Supergroup, Ventersdorp Lavas, Waterberg Supergroup
related to Divisions · 9
Karoo → Great Karoo, Klein Karoo, Langeberg Mountains, Outeniqua, Swartberg, Swartberg Mountain Range, The Great Karoo, The Karoo, The Klein Karoo
related to Karoo flora · 7
Karoo → Great Karoo, Karoo Supergroup, Klein Karoo, Nama Karoo, South Africa's, South African, The World Wildlife Fund
related to Karoo in literature · 6
Karoo → African Farm, Drummer Hodge, Poet Thomas Hardy, The Dead Drummer, The Story, Writer Olive Schreiner's

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great south klein cape mountains also north africa southern swartberg mountain region still fold escarpment west lower large km oudtshoorn

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KarooCountrySouth Africa1.00infobox
Karoois a300 km0.90text
Zoarinstance ofas well as such well-known mission stations0.80text
Amaliensteininstance ofas well as such well-known mission stations0.80text
and Dysselsdorp.The southern 30 to 50 kminstance ofas well as such well-known mission stations0.80text
the threethorninstance ofespecially the less edible varieties0.80text
Beaufort Westinstance ofsouth-west through towns0.80text
or south through the Camdeboo districtinstance ofsouth-west through towns0.80text
Karoorelated to DivisionsThe Karoo0.60section
Karoorelated to DivisionsGreat Karoo0.60section
Karoorelated to DivisionsKlein Karoo0.60section
Karoorelated to DivisionsThe Klein Karoo0.60section

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