Veld, also spelled
veldt, ( or ) is a type of wide open rural landscape in . Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low
scrub, especially in the countries of
South Africa,
Lesotho,
Swaziland,
Zimbabwe,
Botswana, and
Namibia. A certain sub-tropical woodland
ecoregion of Southern Africa has been officially defined as the
Bushveld by the
World Wide Fund for Nature. Trees are found only in a few places—frost, fire, and grazing animals allow grass to grow but prevent the growth of trees.