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- noun South Africa A
terrain of thickscrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.
Etymologies
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Examples
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My experience has been that zebra are one of the most intelligent and difficult of all the plains game animals to hunt in bushveld conditions ... that being said I never particularly enjoyed hunting them.
I hate to put down another shooter's game, but we've already broken the ice with canned hunts. 2009
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My experience has been that zebra are one of the most intelligent and difficult of all the plains game animals to hunt in bushveld conditions ... that being said I never particularly enjoyed hunting them.
I hate to put down another shooter's game, but we've already broken the ice with canned hunts. 2009
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"The bushveld is a place where the human element indeed shrinks into utter insignificance, and grips you and subdues you and makes you one with yourself."
Daily Slurp Gallery 2008
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Floral mapping of the nominated area recognizes 5 broad communities including the dolomite grasslands, andesite mountain bushveld, witwatersrand mountain bushveld, VD granite grassland and the riverine bushland.
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Kruger National Park's expansive bushveld is alive with grazing herds of elephant, Cape buffalo, zebra, giraffe, hippo and gorgeous lions, leopards and cheetahs.
Giving it a Whirl 2009
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(Note the distinct border between the village and bushveld; this is true for most rural villages in our area and really gives us the feel of being “way out there!”)
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Mokgadi in the “river,” trying to use her African name to “bring new water” back to this dry bushveld.
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Teh sunrise ober teh bushveld, is laik nowear else awn erf. *sigh*
I SUPPOSE U - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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The sub-humid warm temperate mountain bushveld plant communities of the Pretoria-Witbank-Heidelberg area.
Highveld grasslands 2008
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The ecoregion is bordered by the Drakensberg in the east, the arid Karoo and Kalahari in the west, and the low-lying bushveld to the north.
Highveld grasslands 2008
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