Veldt

Definition

veld (also veldt ) / velt / n [U] ေတာင္အာဖရိကရိွ ျမက္ခင္းျပင္။ ဗဲ့ျမက္ခင္း။ Compare PAMPAS, PRAIRIE, SAVANNAH, STEPPE

Examples

1. ‘Remember that when Baker built this house and looked out over the northern suburbs of Johannesburg he saw veld and rocks
2. and not a single tree.’
3. ‘South Africa's eastern coastal zone has relatively high rainfall
4. but the western veld tapers into the Kalahari desert.’
5. ‘Klipriviersberg
6. in the south
7. has 680 hectares of open veld and unspoilt koppies for hiking.’
8. ‘His use of vast unframed canvasses to capture the vibrancy of the African veld
9. is said to be ‘extremely powerful’.’
10. ‘The Garden is a delight of immaculate lawns and shady trees for picnics
11. combined with open veld with indigenous grasses
12. shrubs and trees.’
13. ‘It is a plot of around 20 acres
14. with veld surrounding the koppie
15. which is around 80 metres high.’
16. ‘Cattle and sheep were grazed largely on the open veld well into the twentieth century.’
17. ‘It may not be quite as thrilling to photograph a lion or a zebra in a zoo as it is in the veld of Africa
18. but you can still make some terrific pictures.’
19. ‘Scattered amongst the rock kopjes and rolling veldt of the north are memorials to other wars from the region's bloody past.’
20. ‘Five kilometres from the city centre is an indigenous piece of veld of great historical importance to the people of Johannesburg.’
21. ‘In the west are well-watered hills
22. rich in iron ore
23. from which run several rivers to the dry veld in the middle of the country.’
24. ‘Beyond the shops was bare veld; nowadays this is the rundown residential area of Kliptown.’
25. ‘Founded during the 1886 gold rush
26. Johannesburg had grown by the second half of the last century into a Manhattan of tower blocks amid the endless African veldt.’
27. ‘Dusk falls across the South African veld and the young men trot on to the floodlit pitch for another evening's training.’
28. ‘A pride of lions on the veldt in Africa will allow a solitary African to pass close by without harm and so will a leopard in a tree
29. but they will kill hunters.’
30. ‘While you're down south
31. check out Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve
32. a big piece of veld that has traces of Jo'burg's history of early indigenous peoples
33. going back 500 years.’
34. ‘When the house was built the view north was largely of bare veld.’
35. ‘The persistent dry conditions in the northern provinces and along the south and east coasts led to numerous fires in which thousands of hectares of veld burned.’
36. ‘The park has three distinct sections of lush green jungle and African-style veldt that look like they came straight out of a National Geographic documentary.’
37. ‘The farm owner said hailstones the size of hen's eggs battered his valuable grazing veld and totally destroyed his crops.’