hardveld

English

hardveld (uncountable)

(Botswana) A type of terrain characterized by rocky outcrops and hard soil.
- 1987, African Forage Plant Genetic Resources, page 39:
  The hardveld grasses are generally of a higher nutritive value than those of the Kalahari sandveld.
- 2016 November 28, Jeff Ramsay, “Sebego And Livingstone”, in Mmegi‎^[1]:
  Besides his status as the regent for the rightful heir, Gaseitsiwe, in the wake of the Mzilakazi’s evacuation Segotshane had the strategic advantage of being able to disperse his followers into the eastern Gangwaketse hardveld with the acquiescence of neighbouring merafe, the Barolong, Batlhaping and then also divided Bakwena.