duneveld

English

Noun

duneveld (plural dunevelds)

1. (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…