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Definition of The Karroo

The Karroo
Karreo Kar*reo", n.; pl. Karroos. One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.] The Great Karroo, or The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.

Meaning of The Karroo from wikipedia

- Vac****ia karroo, (synonym Acacia karroo) commonly known as the sweet thorn, common acacia, Karoo thorn, Cape gum or ****spur thorn, is a species of Vac****ia...
- "Bridge-Guard in the Karroo", evoked the loneliness experienced by blockhouse soldiers at Ketting station on the Dwyka River while guarding the Karoo railway...
- olive. The thin skin around the throat is yellow, and it has conical scales along the spine. It inhabits rather dry habitat on the border between the Great...
- tree native to both the wet and dry scrublands of tropical to subtropical East Africa. Common names for it are Cape gum, Karroo Thorn and dev-babul....
- The Karoo, sometimes also Karroo, is a semi-desert region of South Africa. Karoo may also refer to: In earth sciences: Karoo-Ferrar, a major geologic province...
- in the Cabora B****a Basin. The formation is dated at 200 to 190 Ma. The Forest Sandstone is the penultimate formation in the Upper Karoo Group of the Karoo...
- School" "The Young Queen" "Rimmon" "The Old Issue" "Bridge-Guard in the Karroo" "The Lesson" "The Files" "The Reformers" "Dirge of Dead Sisters" "The Islanders"...
- The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert. The supergroup consists of a sequence of units,...
- plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology...
- Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania. The larvae feed on Acacia mearnsii, Acacia burkei, Acacia hereroensis, Acacia karroo, Acacia mellifera and Acacia nigrescens...