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Definition of sourveld in English: sourveldnounˈsaʊəvɛlt mass nounSouth African Land covered with coarse vegetation, or the vegetation itself. Example sentencesExamples - The sweetveld is found mainly in the eastern plains, whereas the sourveld is limited to the western regions.
- Sweetveld is palatable veld and sourveld is unpalatable veld (particularly in the winter).
- The distribution of sweet- and sourveld does not seem to determined by base status itself, but by the concentration of phosphorous and the size of the eady mineralizable nitrogen pool in the soil.
- On the second day participants traveled by bus through the north eastern mountain sourveld where extensive eucalyptus and pine plantations cover huge tracts of the Mpumalanga uplands.
- This veld type is a recent amalgamation of Acock's northeastern mountain sourveld, Piet Retief sourveld, and northeastern sandy highveld.
Origin Partial translation of South African Dutch zuurveld. |