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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
veld or veldt [Du.,=field], term applied to the grassy undulating plateaus 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 middle veld (2,000-4,000 ft/610-1,220 m), and the lowveld (500-2,000 ft/150-610 m). The high veld, the largest of the plateaus, is in the Republic of South Africa. Abundant crops of potatoes and corn are grown, large cattle herds are grazed, and industrial and mining centers are found there. Author not available, VELD. , The Columbia Encyclopedia,... Read more
tree veld
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences tree veld In S. 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 . Read more
bush veld
A Dictionary of Ecology bush veld See veld . Read more

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Defensive planning can save lives and homes from unpredictable veld fires.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa); 1/18/2008; 787 words ; ... far, 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-prone ... Read more
Up to 40 veld fires around city each day.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa); 9/2/2008; 179 words ; ... providing ideal conditions for runaway veld fires which threaten wildlife and households ... said they were attending to as many as 40 veld fires per day. It is a huge concern for ... of the public who would like to report a veld fire can call the Tshwane Emergency Services ... Read more
Edward Veld Rowenhorst
The Washington Post; 9/19/2001; 268 words ; One of Edward Veld Rowenhorst's favorite things to do was to take his 7-year-old daughter, Ashley, to his Pentagon office, whether it was for Take ... Read more
Hot weather leads to increase in veld fires.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa); 3/6/2007; 272 words ; ... STEPHANIE SAVILLE SEARINGLY hot temperatures over KwaZulu-Natal in recent months have led to a drastic increase in the number of veld fires in the Pietermaritzburg region. A Pietermaritzburg fire department spokesman said they had responded to 15 grass fires ... Read more
Veld fires wreak havoc in Eastern Cape.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa); 8/14/2008; 229 words ; ... guests had to be evacuated on Tuesday night when an out-of-control veld fire razed 40 thatched cottages and an historic church on the grounds of the resort. Damage was estimated at R10 million. The veld fire has also left behind a trail of destruction to the vegetation ... Read more
Ashton summons dads' army to the veld ; RUGBY UNION
The Independent - London; 5/2/2007; Chris Hewett; 787 words ; ... scrummage them to victory - but England will be stretching a point when they arrive for the forthcoming two- Test series on the high veld. Darren Crompton and Roy Winters, two uncapped forwards from Bristol, have made the cut at the combined age of 65; Mark Regan ... Read more
A Shtetl on the Veld
The Jerusalem Report; 5/20/2002; Bryan Schwartz; 787 words ; ... his community in Oudtshoorn, a small town on dry grassland or veld, more than 300 miles east of Cape Town and 35 miles inland, over ... before Shabbat, the Yiddish-speaking traders would return from the veld with their feathers and sell them to other Jews, who became wholesale ... Read more
Far from the veld, down in deepest Essex.(Column)
The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/9/2007; 774 words ; ... successor to the motor boat which Sea Scouts used to hire. Fieldcraft and tracking still play a part, but Matabeleland and the veld are distant memories, not the source of all inspiration, as they were to Baden-Powell. And what about the free dodgem cars at ... Read more
Heaven on earth THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK WHO Cookery writer Prue Leith WHY 'The smell of the veld, the brilliant sunrises and inexpensive camps'
The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/25/2007; 319 words ; ... and my parents would gaze for hours at invisible birds in distant trees. But now I love the Kruger Park, with its smell of the veld, brilliant sunrises, washed-out heat at midday, and its inexpensive camps of simple chalets. If you want to be driven in an open ... Read more
Firefighters monitor veld for flare-ups in winelands.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa); 12/13/2006; 223 words ; ... CARYN DOLLEY FIREFIGHTERS had their hands full battling major veld fires in Worcester, Sir Lowry's Pass and Paarl where a chicken ... executive mayor of the Cape Winelands District Municipality, said the veld fire along the R44 near Paarl had been out of control. Firefighters ... Read more

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