- A
tankwa is a type of
Ethiopian reed boat made from papyrus, used
primarily in the area of Lake Tana. Aak to Zumbra, A
dictionary of the World`s Watercraft...
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Tankwa Karoo National Park is a
national park in
South Africa. The park lies
about 70 km west of
Sutherland and
along the
border of the
Northern Cape and...
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Great Escarpment and the Cederberg-Skurweberg
mountain ranges,
called the
Tankwa Karoo,
which receives only 75 mm of rain annually. The
eastern and north-eastern...
- lizem, "I lick") gjuhë "tongue" A käntu, B
kantwo "tongue" (*kantwa < *
tankwa) *h₁ésh₂r̥, *h₁esh₂nés "blood"
archaic aser,
sanguis "blood" (< possibly...
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regional event, held at
Quaggafontein (lit. "fountain of Quagga") in the
Tankwa Karoo, in the
Western Cape
Province of
South Africa. It is
centered on the...
- the
eponymous Roggeveld plateau, and
separates it from the
lower lying Tankwa Karoo to the west. Its
highest peak is
Sneeukrans (1,739 m),
situated northwest...
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stacked on a
beach in Peru
Fishermen cast
their lines from
papyrus boats (
tankwas) on Lake Tana in
northern Ethiopia Abora (expeditions) The
Viracocha expedition...
- from the
southern Richtersveld to the
Piketberg Mountains and the
southern Tankwa Karoo. It
inhabits rock
outcrops mountain slopes,
preferably on sandstone...
- 966667°S 18.425°E / -33.966667; 18.425 19 May 1998 243 km2 (94 sq mi)
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Northern Cape 32°15′S 19°45′E / 32.25°S 19.75°E /...
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sometimes found exhausted out at sea and have been
known to land on
tankwas as
unwelcome p****engers.
Mosquitoes on the
islands were very bad. Based...
