The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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... veld- burning kills trees and large bushes , while the smaller shrubs and grasses soon recover after a fire . Trees need on the whole more water than grasses and certainly a more regular supply . Grass veld can easily stand a long dry ...
... veld- burning kills trees and large bushes , while the smaller shrubs and grasses soon recover after a fire . Trees need on the whole more water than grasses and certainly a more regular supply . Grass veld can easily stand a long dry ...
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... veld , poor in trees , occupies the eastern and north - eastern interior of the Union , Karoo veld is found in the west ; the boundary between the two runs through the south - western Free State . The grass veld is comparable to the ...
... veld , poor in trees , occupies the eastern and north - eastern interior of the Union , Karoo veld is found in the west ; the boundary between the two runs through the south - western Free State . The grass veld is comparable to the ...
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... veld have been taken over for whole geographical regions . Bush Veld as a proper name indicates the region with this type of vegetation in the northern Transvaal , regardless of the fact that there are large areas of bush veld in ...
... veld have been taken over for whole geographical regions . Bush Veld as a proper name indicates the region with this type of vegetation in the northern Transvaal , regardless of the fact that there are large areas of bush veld in ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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