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 "Cape Argus (South Africa)")
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Veld only burns when there is fuel.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 12/23/2008; 660 words
; ...However, if you take any individual patch of veld, it will only burn when there is enough...than two years old, very difficult in veld less than five years old, and so on...years old without extreme protection. Most veld - about 70% to 80% - burns when it is...
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Effects of Veld Fires Become Pronounced.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 10/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...disturbance in the world. The effects of veld fires become more pronounced in Zimbabwe...the year. Damage to the environment from veld fires comes second ahead of a plethora...environment by far outweighs the benefits. Veld fires cause tremendous damage to the pastures...
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Veld fire kills more than ten elephants in Zimbabwe
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/27/2007; 528 words
; Veld fire kills more than ten elephants in Zimbabwe...largest of its kind in Zimbabwe, after a veld fire engulfed the game reserve last year...most of its budget towards the prevention of veld fires and stated that the inferno was also...
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Veld Fire Devastates Wildlife in Maize Triangle.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 10/10/2008; 607 words
; ...FIFTY wild animals perished in a huge veld fire that gutted about 800 hectares of...Agriculture and Forestry said yesterday. The veld fire, which started at the farm Gaus in...duikers and 10 steenbok were killed by the veld fire. Five farms were affected, with...
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 "The Star (South Africa)")
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Abandoned in veld ... and all his mother could say was 'sorry'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 1/9/2008; 603 words
; ...baby boy who was found abandoned in the veld has been reunited with his parents. He...Matshidiso Mogale, who abandoned him in the veld sheepishly looked at him. She whispered...said she regretted leaving her son in the veld. "When I think about what would have...
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TODDLER ON MEND AFTER 21-DAY VELD ORDEAL
News Wire article from: United Press International; 1/2/2002; 564 words
; ...00-0000 Toddler on mend after 21-day veld ordeal DURBAN, South Africa, Jan 02...days, apparently alone, in the harsh veld terrain of Free State province. The child...old cousin, Thabiso, wandered into the veld last month from the Noupoort farm outside...
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 "Cape Times (South Africa)")
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Defensive planning can save lives and homes from unpredictable veld fires.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 1/18/2008; 700+ words
; ...but summer is a long way from over. Veld fires that have recently burnt down homes...homeowners take responsibility for reducing veld fire risk to their properties. Homeowners...precautions to protect their assets from veld fires. If a home is built in a fire...
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Veld Fire Ravages Area Around Oshikoto.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 10/15/2004; 492 words
; ...Africa Global Media via COMTEX) A HUGE veld fire destroyed cattle posts and killed...of Iipopo village, Gideon Iikwa. The veld fire started on Tuesday evening. The cause has not yet been established. Veld fires are common at this time of the...
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Mpumalanga Veld Fires Extinguished.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 8/22/2003; 590 words
; ...municipalities who were dispatched to help fight veld fires that hit some areas in Mpumalanga are being withdrawn. Veld fires hit Mpumalanga's Mbombela District...between ten and twenty thousand hectares of veld and forest, following severe drought and...
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The veld fires are no surprise, but the lack of planning for them is shocking.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 3/6/2009; 700+ words
; Another summer, another veld fire season, another week of sky high...be high winds, there are going to be veld fires. And there is another inevitability...When houses or lives are lost in our veld fires it is almost always because the...
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veld
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
veld or veldt [Du.,=field], term applied to the grassy...of the Republic of South Africa and of Zimbabwe. The veld comprises territory of varying elevation—the high veld (4,000-6,000 ft/1,220-1,830 m), the...
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tree veld
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
tree veld In South Africa, grassland with an open or light cover of trees which gives it a parkland aspect. It is thought that in the absence of fire much, if not all, of the veld would develop into forest or scrub .
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bush veld
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
bush veld See veld .
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Swaziland
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...xB0; C (108 ° F) in the low veld during summer. Temperatures rise and the...77 ° F) in January. The high veld region has a humid temperate climate and...annually. The Lebombo plain and middle veld are warmer and drier and receive only about...
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Swazi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Swaziland's natural environment: the high veld, averaging 1,219 meters in elevation, with forests and grassy hills; the middle veld, averaging 610 meters in elevation, with...rich soils good for agriculture; the low veld, averaging 274 meters in elevation, with...
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