page_title: Veld
section_title: Highveld and Lowveld
hierarchical_section_title: Veld / Definitions / Highveld and Lowveld
caption_attribution_description: The Mpumalanga lowveld, as seen from God's Window, South Africa
context_page_description: Veld, also spelled veldt, is a type of wide open rural landscape in Southern Africa. Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Botswana. A certain sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa has been officially defined as the Bushveld by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Trees are found only in a few places—frost, fire and grazing animals allow grass to grow but prevent the growth of trees.
caption: The Mpumalanga lowveld, as seen from God's Window
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