Sunrise in the Kalahari Desert with Cartridge Trees, Namibia.
The tube tree (Aloe dichotoma) is not really a tree, but a plant of the genus Aloe, which grows and branches out until it has the proportions of a large pollard willow. Aloe is an African genus of succulents of which only a few trees are formed. The name quiver tree (Quivertree) is derived from the fact that the Bushmen (San) use the hollow branches of the plant to make quivers.
The Kalahari is a semi-desert in southern Africa. It is an area of approximately 900,000 km². Although it is generally referred to as a desert, it is not, because there is considerably more rain than in a real desert. The Kalahari is a very varied area that includes large stretches of grassy steppe and savannah as well as sand desert. The area covers most of Botswana and eastern Namibia and parts of Zimbabwe, South Africa and Angola. The grassy areas are characterised by long stiff grass, prickly bushes and acacias. There are lions, hyenas, different kinds of antelopes, meerkats and baboons.
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