A region of veld situated at an intermediate altitude, especially the region in north-eastern South Africa, between 900 and 1200 m (3000 and 4000 ft) above sea level.
Example sentencesExamples
The eastern side definitely has malaria, and it is said that the western side doesn't, and the middleveld is anybody's guess.
There are four distinctive levels of terrain: the highveld, middleveld, lowveld, and the Lubombo mountain range.
The western section of the plateau, the middleveld, also descends towards the west and varies in elevation between the highveld and bushveld.
The pattern of crop residue utilisation was examined by monitoring cattle grazing activities in 20 homesteads in the middleveld over a period of 8 months.
On either side of this is the middleveld which is between 600 m and 1,200 m above sea level.
These are the highveld, upper middleveld, lower middleveld and lowveld.
The middleveld, land of 900m - 1200m above sea-level, flanks the highveld; it is most extensive in the north-west.
Origin
Late 19th century: partial translation of Afrikaans middelveld.