Bushveld

Bushveld
Bushveld in the Waterberg Biosphere
Extent of bushveld in Southern Africa
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands, and forests Highveld grasslands Kalahari acacia woodlands Makgadikgadi halophytics Southern miombo woodlands Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands Zambezian and mopane woodlands
Geography
Area	223,000 km2 (86,000 sq mi)
Countries	Botswana South Africa, Zimbabwe
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable

Higher altitude bushveld near Mookgophong, Limpopo

Low altitude bushveld in the Limpopo valley

The Bushveld (from Afrikaans: bosveld, Afrikaans: bos 'bush' and Afrikaans: veld) is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa. The ecoregion straddles the Tropic of Capricorn and constitutes the southern part of the Zambezian region. It encompasses most of Limpopo and a small part of North West in South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of Matabeleland North provinces of Zimbabwe. The Kruger National Park has a number of 'Bushveld' camps,^[1] but these are strictly speaking in the lowveld, as these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Although their limits are somewhat blurred,^[2] lowveld is generally restricted to the more easterly parts of South Africa and Zimbabwe.