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Springbok inhabit the dry areas of south and southwestern Africa. Their range extends from northwestern South Africa through the Kalahari desert into [[Namibia]] and Botswana. The [[South African Republic|Transvaal]] marks the eastern limit of the range, from where it extends westward to the [[Atlantic]] and northward to southern Angola and Botswana. In Botswana, they mostly occur in the Kalahari desert in the southwestern and central parts of the country. They are widespread across Namibia and the vast grasslands of the Free State and the shrublands of Karoo in South Africa; however, they are confined to the Namib Desert in Angola.<ref name=estes>{{cite book|last1=Estes|first1=R.D.|author-link=Richard Despard Estes|title=The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals|url=https://archive.org/details/safaricompaniong00este_0|url-access=registration|date=1999|publisher=Chelsea Green Pub. Co.|location=White River Junction, US|isbn=978-0-907990-16-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/safaricompaniong00este_0/page/65 65]–67|edition=Revised}}</ref>
The historic range of the springbok stretched across the dry grasslands, bushlands, and shrublands of south-western and southern Africa; springbok migrated sporadically in southern parts of the range. These migrations are rarely seen nowadays, but seasonal congregations can still be observed in preferred areas of short vegetation, such as the Kalahari desert
== Threats and conservation ==
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