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The
Highveld is a high
plateau area of
South Africa which includes the largest metropolitan area in the country, the
Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area, and one-third of South Africa's population. The Highveld covers parts of the
Mpumalanga,
Northern Cape,
North-West, and
Limpopo provinces, and virtually all of
Gauteng and the
Free State. The Highveld is bordered by the
Bushveld and the
Lowveld in the North, Northeast, and Northwest, the
Drakensberg mountains to the East and Southeast, the
Kalahari desert in the West, and the
Great Karoo to the Southwest. The South African highveld covers an area of almost 400,000 square kilometres, or roughly 30% of South Africa's land area.
Other cities located on the Highveld include
Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital,
Soweto,
Bloemfontein,
Vereeniging,
Welkom,
Carletonville, and the cities of the
West Rand and
East Rand. The diamond-mining city of
Kimberley lies on the border of the Highveld and the Southeastern Kalahari.
Approximately half the
Gold ever produced in the World has been mined in the Highveld since the 1880s. The largest deposits are located in the
Witwatersrand, centred on
Johannesburg, with smaller deposits in the Northern Free State near Welkom and Virginia. The Highveld is also exceedingly rich in
Vanadium,
Diamonds,
Coal, and
Manganese.
Agriculture in the Highveld is generally dominated by extensive
Grain production and the grazing of
Beef Cattle, with more intensive production of
Maize,
Wheat,
Sorghum,
Citrus fruits,
Groundnuts,
Sunflowers,
Vegetables, and other crops occurring in irrigated areas and farmland closer to urban areas.
Naturally occurring vegetation in the Highveld consists of Sub-tropical and Temperate
Grassland, with true
Savannah not dominating the ecosystem until more tropical latitudes. The Highveld
Rainy season occurs in Summer, with substantial afternoon thunderstorms being typical occurrences in November, December, and January.
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