Open AccessPreliminary map of the south western Kalahari Desert
Author(s) -
Richard Parris,
Jacobus du P. Bothma,
E. Waanders,
A.F. Boshoff
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v20i1.942
Subject(s) - national park , desert (philosophy) , geography , game reserve , nature reserve , government (linguistics) , national nature reserve , environmental protection , archaeology , forestry , ecology , political science , wildlife , law , linguistics , philosophy , biology
In 1941 an area in the south western Kalahari Desert of Bechuanaland (now the Republic of Botswana), 40 km wide and adjacent to the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (KGNP) of the then Union of South Africa was declared a Game Reserve. In 1971 the Government of Botswana increased the size of this Game Reserve considerably and raised it to national park status, i.e. The Gemsbok National Park (Supplement H-307 of Government Gazette Volume IX No. 39).