VELD

Veld

The term veld, sometimes anachronistically spelled veldt in English, is a generic term used to define certain wide open rural spaces of :Southern Africa. It is used in particular to refer to flatter areas or districts covered in grass or low scrub, especially in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. A certain sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa has been officially defined as the Bushveld by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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veld

Noun

  1. The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa.


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