any of several high arid plateaus in South Africa, esp the Central Karoo and the Little Karoo. The highveld, north of the Central Karoo, is sometimes called the Northern Karoo
2.
a period or rock system in Southern Africa equivalent to the period or system extending from the Upper Carboniferous to the Lower Jurassic: divided into Lower and Upper Karoo
adjective
3.
of, denoting, or formed in the Karoo period
Word origin
C18: from Afrikaans karo, probably from Khoikhoi garo desert
All related terms of 'Karoo'
karroo
a dry tableland , esp. one in S Africa
Lower Karoo
→ the Lower Karoo
Upper Karoo
→ the Upper Karoo
Central Karoo
an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range . Average height : 750 m (2500 ft)
Little Karoo
→ the Little Karoo
Northern Karoo
→ the Northern Karoo
the Little Karoo
a high arid plateau in South Africa
the Lower Karoo
one of the two divisions of the Karoo
the Northern Karoo
a high arid plateau in South Africa , north of the Central Karoo