Question

The vegetation is very sparse in the grasslands of South Africa give reason
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Answer 1

The Answer to your Question is as follows:-

• The temperate grasslands of South Africa are known as the velds, and they are rolling plateaus with heights ranging from 600m to 1100m.

• They are bordered by the Drakensberg Mountains on the east and the Kalahari desert on the west. In the north-eastern part are the 'high velds', with heights of up to 1600m.

• The region is drained by the Orange and the Limpopo rivers and their tributaries.