Great Karoo
The Great Karoo is a large semi-desert and plateau basin in South Africa, located between the Great Escarpment and the Swartberg Mountains. It is approximately 400,000 km2 and is one of the components of the Karoo, the other being the Klein Karoo or "Little…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Plateau with an elevation of 1,434 metres
- Description: Region in the Western, Northern, and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa
- Also known as: “Central Karroo”, “Great Karroo”, and “Groot Karoo”
Great Karoo
- Categories: plateau and landform
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovak—“Great Karoo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Karoo”
- Czech: “Velké Karoo”
- Slovak: “Veľké Karroo”
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