sandveld
noun- In the sandvelds with a rainfall above 25 inches, where it has proved difficult to maintain good annual crop yields under any economical rotation of annual crops, the retirement of ploughed land to leys is highly desirable.1953, Rhodesia Agricultural Journal, volume 50, page 369:
- The temperate affinities of this subtropical sub-humid sandveld are with the relatively cool section of a gradient within temperate bushveld, characterized by, e.g. Protea and Faurea species.2012, Marinus J.A. Werger, Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa, page 408: