The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain

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... veld , which is even better adapted to withstand long droughts . The meaning of the term " veld " in South Africa differs widely from that of its English etymological equivalent " field " . Here , as in so many cases , the geographical ...
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... veld, which is even better adapted to withstand long droughts. The meaning of the term "veld" in South Africa differs widely from that of its English etymological equivalent "field". Here, as in so many cases, the geographical ...
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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 ...

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CHAPTER I
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South African Rivers
7
The Karoo and the Kalahari
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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1929
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized1 Dec 2006
  
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