Karoo Supergroup divided into (from oldest to youngest): Karoo Supergroup The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert. The supergroup consists of a sequence of units, mostly of nonmarine origin, deposited between the Late Carboniferous and Early Jurassic, a period of about 120 million years. In southern Africa, rocks of the Karoo Supergroup cover almost two thirds of the present land surface, including all of Lesotho, almost the whole of Free State, and large parts of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces of South Africa. Karoo supergroup outcrops are also found
Osoyoos Desert Society Osoyoos Desert Society The Osoyoos Desert Society is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1991 to conserve and restore the biodiversitive area of the British Columbian Southern interior. This area had not been the focus of prievious conservation efforts, even though it contains a large concentration of at-risk species and is one of the four most endangered ecosystems in Canada. One of the area's main features is Okanagan Desert, a semi-arid region in the southern part of the Okanagon region of British Columbia, notable for having some plant species not found anywhere else in Canada. Another feature is the