West of the High Veld is the Middle Veld, which lies mainly at an elevation of 600 to 1,200 m (2,000 to 4,000 ft).
In the Witwatersrand and the Middle Veld the underlying bedrock is exposed.
The Bush Veld is characterized by savanna vegetation, consisting of mixed grassland with trees and bushes such as the baobab tree in Northern Province and the mopani tree in the central Bush Veld.
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.
The Consultant refers to the veld type in which the quarry is situated as north-eastern mountain grassland.The statistics given refer to the extent of the grassland in southern Africa and do not reflect the very limited extent of grassland in Swaziland.
In Swaziland, only Veld Type 8 and Veld Type 63 are to be found along the western border of the country and they are of limited extent in comparison to other vegetation types in Swaziland.
Veld Type 8 is widely considered to be one of the most threatened veld types in southern Africa, thus the location of the quarry site in this veld type is cause for concern.
The veld hay used was a characteristic low quality forage as shown by the low CP content of 36 g/kg DM and the high NDF content of 839 g/kg DM (Table 1).
The total PD excretion was highest in animals on 70 % veld hay and 30 % velvet hay followed by those on diets 80 % veld hay and 20 % velvet hay and on 90 % veld hay and 10 % velvet hay and least in animals on veld hay alone.
The difference between total N flow to the abomasum and the microbial protein flow from the rumen was assumed to be dietary and endogenous N. This fraction increased linearly with increasing level of velvet bean hay in the diet (Table 4).
Therefore, this paper focuses on the nutrition of ruminants on veld in the subtropics of South Africa, with special emphasis on the effects of the climate, especially variation in rainfall, on seasonal variation in dry matter (DM) yield and the quality of the veld.
The long-term annual rainfall of Glen (26° 20' E and 28° 51' S; north of Bloemfontein in the central grass veld of South Africa) for the period 1929/30 to 1991/92, is presented in Figure 1.
The annual yield (kg DM/ha) of veld at Glen for the 63-year period (1929/30 to 1991/92), as simulated with PUTU 11 (De Waal, 1994), is presented in Figure 2.
The Namibian | Local News | Fire destroys huge grazing area(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SOME 235 000 hectares of grazing south of Otjiwarongo were destroyed on Sunday by a fierce veld fire, which also resulted in a local farmer sustaining burn injuries.
The Extension Officer said it was very difficult to extinguish veld fires as the wind made the flames surge forward.
Four kudus belonging to Pieter Liebenberg, a farmer in the Tsumeb district, were killed in a veld fire on his farm recently.
The sustainable management of veld resources is a key aspect of all programmes.
VPRandD's research is looking into the viability of both chemical and biological controls of pests and diseases in indigenous fruit trees after identifying the pests and their natural enemies.
Product development.VPRandD's research, with its emphasis on simple technologies that are appropriate at village level, is developing a wide range of veld products so as to allow rural people the opportunity to generate income throughout the year with maximum value added at the village level.
The Namibian | Local News | Help sought for veld fire victims(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Recent veld fires have killed people, livestock and wildlife as well as destroying huge areas of grazing and farm buildings.
A week ago, a veld fire destroyed 13 000 hectares of a quarantine camp at Okongo in the Ohangwena region.
Towards the end of last month, the Ministry of Agriculture dispatched a team to assess the damage to grazing areas by a veld fire in the Omusati and Oshana regions.
United Press International: TODDLER ON MEND AFTER 21-DAY VELD ORDEAL@ HighBeam Research(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DURBAN, South Africa, Jan 02, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- In what local South Africans have called a miracle, a 3- year-old boy is alive and recovering after 21 days, apparently alone, in the harsh veld terrain of Free State province.
The child, Michael Raadt, together with his 2-year-old cousin, Thabiso, wandered into the veld last month from the Noupoort farm outside Luckhoff, a town in the semi-arid west of the province.
At this time of year -- South Africa's summer -- daytime temperatures in the veld can...
Veld or Veldt, is a field, an open area of land, typically in South Africa or southern Africa, comparable to the Australian outback.
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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).
