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sandveld

sandveld noun: an area of land characterized by dry, sandy soil.

Noun

sandveld (plural sandvelds)

  1. (Africa) An area of land characterized by dry, sandy soil.
    • In the sandvelds with a rainfall above 25 inches, where it has proved difficult to maintain good annual crop yields under any economical rotation of annual crops, the retirement of ploughed land to leys is highly desirable.1953, Rhodesia Agricultural Journal, volume 50, page 369
    • The temperate affinities of this subtropical sub-humid sandveld are with the relatively cool section of a gradient within temperate bushveld, characterized by, e.g. Protea and Faurea species.2012, Marinus J.A. Werger, Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa, page 408

Forms of sandveld

pluralsandvelds
alternative formsandveldt

Questions about sandveld

What does sandveld mean?
Sandveld means an area of land characterized by dry, sandy soil.
What part of speech is sandveld?
Sandveld is a noun.
What is the plural of sandveld?
The plural of sandveld is sandvelds.

Words near sandveld in the dictionary

  1. Sanduskians
  2. Sandusky
  3. Sandusky County
  4. Sandusky South
  5. Sandvatn
  6. sandveld
  7. sandvelds
  8. sandveldt
  9. sandveldts
  10. Sandvig
  11. Sandvigs

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