Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa)
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Name (Hebrew)
פארק קגאלאגדי חוצה הגבולות (בוטסואנה ודרום אפריקה)
Name (Latin)
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa)
Coordinates
20.38333333 20.38333333 -25.76666667 -25.76666667 (gooearth )
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National parks and reserves Botswana
National parks and reserves South Africa
Transfrontier conservation areas Botswana
Transfrontier conservation areas South Africa
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Gemsbok National Park (Botswana)
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q859385
Library of congress:
sh2007001681
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: The Shell tourist map of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, 2004.
- South African National Parks, WWW Homepage, Mar. 12, 2007(On 7 April 1999, Botswana and South Africa signed a historic bilateral agreement whereby both countries undertook to manage their adjacent national parks, the Gemsbok National Park in Botswana and the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa as a single ecological unit. The boundary between the two parks, which is also the international border between the two countries, had no physical barriers, thus allowing for the free movement of animals. On 12 May 2000 southern Africa's first peace park, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, was formally launched)
Wikipedia description:
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife reserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks: Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa Gemsbok National Park in Botswana The park's total area is 38,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi). Approximately three-quarters of the park lies in Botswana and one-quarter in South Africa. Kgalagadi means "place of thirst." In December 2015, media reports claimed that rights for gas-fracking in more than half of the Botswana portion of the park had been sold. The Botswana government later refuted these reports.
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