duneveld
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[edit]Noun
[edit]duneveld (plural dunevelds)
- (geography, chiefly Africa) An area of land characterized by fossilized sand dunes that are stable because shrubs and grasses have taken hold.
- 1919, South Africa. Dept. of Lands, Report of the Department of Lands for the Period 1st January, 1917, to the 31st March 1918, Cape Town: Cape Times Limited, Government Printers, page 17:
- Dune veld consists for the most part of rolling sand hills with wide or narrow straaten running in between the rows of sand hills.
- 1925, Reports of Mandatory Powers, volume III Union of South Africa: Report of the Administrator of South-West Africa for the Year 1924, Geneva: League of Nations, page 45:
- As a result of the copious rains experienced during the early part of the year no difficulties with either grazing or water were encountered except in the duneveld where grain-feeding had to be resorted to.
- 2012 February 1, Tony Pinchuck, The Rough Guide to South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland, Penguin, page 286:
- Activities inside the park are limited to the exacting three-day Nossob 4WD trail over the duneveld…