Highveld
E36142
The Highveld is a high-altitude grassland plateau in central South Africa known for its extensive farming, mining, and major cities such as Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Aliases (3)
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural region
→
plateau → region → |
| averageAnnualRainfall |
approximately 600–800 millimetres
→
|
| borderedBy |
Bushveld
→
Drakensberg → Karoo → |
| climate |
cool dry winters
→
summer rainfall → temperate → |
| contains |
Bloemfontein
→
Johannesburg → Pretoria → Sasolburg → Vaal Triangle → Vereeniging → Welkom → Witwatersrand → |
| country |
South Africa
→
|
| dominantVegetation |
grassland
→
sourveld grasses → |
| elevation |
approximately 1500–2100 metres above sea level
→
approximately 5000–7000 feet above sea level → |
| hasEconomicActivity |
commercial agriculture
→
manufacturing → mineral extraction → power generation → |
| hasLandscape |
grassland
→
rolling plateau → |
| knownFor |
extensive farming
→
high-altitude grassland → major urban centres → mining → |
| languageMajority |
Afrikaans
→
English → Sesotho → isiZulu → |
| locatedIn |
Free State Province
→
Gauteng Province → Mpumalanga Province → North West Province → central South Africa → interior of South Africa → |
| partOf |
South African Plateau
→
interior plateau of Southern Africa → |
| usedFor |
cattle ranching
→
coal mining → dairy farming → gold mining → industrial development → maize farming → sheep farming → |
Referenced by (19)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
("Highveld of the Transvaal")
→
Bloemfontein → Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria → Crocodile River (Limpopo) → Jukskei River → Midrand → Olifants River (Lepelle) → Pretoria → Vaal River → Vereeniging → |
region |
|
Benoni
("Highveld region")
→
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality ("Highveld region") → Mpumalanga ("Highveld region") → Springs → Vanderbijlpark ("Highveld region") → |
locatedIn |
|
Mpumalanga
("Highveld coalfields")
→
|
contains |
|
Olifants River (Lepelle)
→
|
flowsThrough |
|
Centurion
→
|
hasResidentialArea |
|
Gauteng
→
|
partOf |