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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Grass veld can easily stand a long dry season; forests cannot. A given amount of
winter rain has, moreover, a higher value than an equal amount in summer,
because during the cold season there is less evaporation and the water soaks ...
Grass veld can easily stand a long dry season; forests cannot. A given amount of
winter rain has, moreover, a higher value than an equal amount in summer,
because during the cold season there is less evaporation and the water soaks ...
Page 13
The same holds good for mountain veld and sand veld. The Karoo vegetation is
composed of small shrubs and makes no favourable impression at first sight.
There is a superficial resemblance to a European heath in a very dry and poor ...
The same holds good for mountain veld and sand veld. The Karoo vegetation is
composed of small shrubs and makes no favourable impression at first sight.
There is a superficial resemblance to a European heath in a very dry and poor ...
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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 Rhodesia, Bechuanaland and the Mandated Territory. It is clear that in this
...
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 Rhodesia, Bechuanaland and the Mandated Territory. It is clear that in this
...
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Contents
THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT | 2 |
Climate and Temperature | 9 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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