Chap. IX] 



DESERTS 



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iii. THE DESERT IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



The western coast of South Africa from Cape Frio, about 18° S., as far as 

 about 30° S., possesses a pronounced desert climate. The interior of the 

 country, in the same latitude south of the tropics, has a climate with only 

 a slight rainfall, and even the Karroo tableland still further south has on the 

 average less than 300 mm. of rainfall. The whole district affords some- 

 times near the coast quite a typical desert character, sometimes further 

 inland one less decided. 



The following table gives the climatic conditions at a point on the coast : — 



Desert Climate. 



SOUTH AFRICAN DESERT. 



PORT NOLLOTH. 



29° 14' S., 16 51' E., 12 meters above sea-level. 



(From Meteorol. Zeitschr., 1893, p. 232.) 



RAINFALL OF THE KARROO IN PER CENT. OF THE ANNUAL AMOUNT. 



S S 2, 



