Highveld | region, Africa | Britannica (original) (raw)
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In Africa: Highveld grassland The grassland classification is restricted to regions with 10 percent or less woody plant cover. The Highveld meets this definition and probably owes much to unaided nature for its creation and perpetuation, since fires caused by lightning strikes are relatively frequent. Its extent… Read More
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Eswatini
In Eswatini: Relief and soils …to east they are the Highveld, the Middleveld, the Lowveld, and the Lubombo (Lebombo) escarpment. Geologically, the oldest formations are in the west, and the youngest are in the east. Read More
Free State
In Free State …province is located on the Highveld, a plateau rising to elevations of 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in the east and sloping to about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in the west. Two streams drain the province: the upper Orange River, which forms the province’s southern boundary, and the Vaal River, part… Read More
Johannesburg
In Johannesburg: The city site Johannesburg is situated on the Highveld (see veld), the broad, grassy plateau that sweeps across the South African interior. The city bestrides the Witwatersrand, or Rand, a string of low, rocky ridges that constitutes the watershed between the drainages into the Indian and Atlantic oceans. The city’s elevation ranges from… Read More
Mpumalanga
In Mpumalanga …several distinct physiographic regions: the Highveld, a plateau ranging in elevation from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,200 to 1,800 metres), in the west; the forested Drakensberg mountains rising to more than 7,500 feet (2,300 metres) in the east; and the Lowveld, a bush-clad plain that slopes gently upward toward the… Read More
South Africa
In Western Cape …the great interior plateau (Highveld) of southern Africa. The southward edges of this plateau form a conspicuous rocky escarpment extending roughly along the northern border of the province. The central part of the province consists of the semiarid plateaus of the Karoo region, which are separated by east-west-running mountain… Read More
In veld: Physiography The Highveld comprises most of the high-plateau country of Southern Africa. Except in Lesotho, where it extends well above 8,200 feet (2,500 metres) and even above 11,000 feet (3,400 metres) in places, all of it lies between 4,000 and 6,000 feet (1,200 and 1,800 metres) above… Read More
In South Africa: Relief of South Africa …of the plateau comprises the Highveld, which reaches between 4,000 and 6,000 feet (1,200 and 1,800 meters) in elevation. South of the Orange River lies the Great Karoo region. Read More
Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe: Relief …ridge is known as the Highveld and comprises about 25 percent of the country’s total area. On each side of this central spine, sloping down northward to the Zambezi River and southward to the Limpopo River, lies the wider plateau of the Middleveld, which, at an altitude between about 3,000… Read More
