January 2023

Willowvale Mazda Industry

By |2022-09-15T12:36:14+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Willowvale Mazda Industry complex

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies:Willowvale Mazda Industry

  • Willowvale Mazda Industry is part of the assembly industries

Assembly Industries

  • These are industries which bring together parts from different other industries to make a new product.
  • Examples include car assembly, bicycle manufacture, radio and TV making and the production […]
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Modern Developments in Transport: Road transport

By |2022-09-15T12:35:53+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Google’s Self-driving car. Image credit abclocal.go.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport:Modern Developments in Transport: Road transport

  • With technology advancement, increase in human population and growth in national, regional and international trade, there has been tremendous improvements in all modes of transport for good and people.
  • The main aims of these improvements […]
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Problems faced during exploitation of natural resources

By |2022-09-15T12:35:34+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mining without capital. A Korokoza descends into a mine. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Problems of Resources Exploitation

  • Resources exploitation is not easy and there are many difficulties that are faced which can be grouped into physical factors and human factors.
  • The following are physical and […]
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Zimbabwe’s forests

By |2022-09-15T12:35:20+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Msasa trees in spring. Image credit flickr.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Natural Resources: Renewable Resources: Zimbabwe’s forests

  • Zimbabwe’s natural vegetation is generally described as savanna woodland.
  • This means that the vegetation consists mainly of tall grass and scattered trees.
  • The density of trees varies from place to place depending on various […]
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Uses of coniferous forests

By |2022-09-15T12:35:05+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Timber from coniferous trees. Image credit thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Uses of coniferous forests

  • Coniferous forests have also suffered more or less the same fate as the rainforests.
  • The loss to deforestation has however, been limited by better management styles and their quick maturing characteristic.
  • Coniferous softwoods […]
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The different types of fishing methods

By |2022-09-15T12:34:50+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Subsistence fishing using mosquito nets in Malawi. Image credit dw.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Natural Resources: Fishing: Fishing methods

  • Subsistence fishers use:
  • basket traps,
  • hooks and lines,
  • scoops and dugout canoes.
  • These are mainly confined to the shallow waters of Lakes Malombe, Chiuta, Chilwa in southern Malawi and swamps of the […]
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The world’s major fisheries

By |2022-09-15T12:34:41+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

World’s Aquatic habitats. Image credit utexas.edu

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:The world’s major fisheries

  • Fresh water fishing is important in localized communities.
  • In most cases the world’s fish comes from the ocean.
  • Most of the world’s productive ocean fisheries are located in the shallow waters of continental shelves […]
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Small scale energy sources and plants:Bio-fuel

By |2022-09-15T12:34:33+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Jatropha plant. Image credit jatropha.org.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Small scale energy sources and plants:Bio-fuel

  • is a fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes,
  • such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion,
  • rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil […]
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Sunshine

By |2022-09-15T12:44:55+02:00January 24th, 2023|O Level Geography, Weather and Climate|

A sunshine recorder. Image by Rfuess-Mueller. A sunshine recorder. Image by Rfuess-Mueller. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Sunshine

  • It has a glass sphere surrounded by a metal frame.
  • On the frame is attached a sensitive card.
  • The sphere focuses the sun’s rays onto the card.
  • As the sun moves across the sky it burns […]
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