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Question
Give geographical reasons:
The grasses of the savannah and the veldt are different.
Solution
Veldts or temperate grasslands are found in South Africa. The vegetation consists of short grasses, less coarse and green than those in the savannahs. On the hill slopes, poplars and willows are common.
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