Definition of "grazeland"
grazeland
noun
countable and uncountable, plural grazelands
Land used for grazing animals; pasture.
Quotations
Ghana is an agricultural country consisting mainly of the coastal plains with grazeland vegetation, a forest belt covering a large part of the South and Ashanti, and the Savannah in the North.
1960, Susan B.G. Ofori-Atta, “Nutritional Deficiencies and Maternal and Child Health in Africa”, in Journal of the National Medical Association, volume 52, number 1
The dense grassland south of the dirt road and north of Laguna Playa Grande and the identified lowland forest is the current habitat in succession from what had previously been grazeland and historically been in sugarcane production.
1997, Relocatable Over the Horizon Radar (ROTHR) System: Environmental Impact Statement
Land-based production systems — crop, orchard, plantation, grazeland, and freshwater aquaculture — claim almost one-third of the Earth's terrestrial surface
2005, Don Melnick, Jeffrey Sachs, UN Millennium Project. Task Force on Environmental Sustainability, UN Millennium Project: Environment and human well-being, Earthscan, page 42
Rangelands consist of grazelands, shrublands and forest ranges. Grazelands are mainly natural, of low quality and are grazed, in most cases, throughout the year.
2005, A. Georgoudis, A. Rosati, C. Mosconi, Animal Production and Natural Resources Utilisation in the Mediterranean Mountain Areas, Wageningen Academic Publishers