February 2025

Indigenous commercial forests

By |2025-02-12T09:39:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Chirinda Forest in Chimanimani. Image credit afrikascout.de

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Commercial timber resources:Indigenous commercial forests

  • Commercial timber resources in Zimbabwe can be divided into two classes, namely: indigenous tropical hardwoods and the exotic plantations.
    1. The indigenous tropical hardwoods like the Zimbabwean teak, mahogany and mukwa.
    2. The exotic […]
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Natural Resources: Water shortages

By |2025-02-12T09:24:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A boy carrying water during 2016 water shortage in Zimbabwe. Image credit ibtimes.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Water:Water shortages

Water supply shortages both at household and national level could be reduced by:

  • Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient, available water resources to meet water needs within a region.

    • […]

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Ocean and Sea fishing

By |2025-02-12T09:11:23+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

 

Horse Mackerel. Image credit sites.google.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Fishing:Sea fishing

  • The coastal areas of southern-central Africa stretching from Tanzania, through Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Angola and DRC is home to several marine species including fish.
  • Fish resources are concentrated within the narrow continental shelf, a few kilometres […]
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Energy:Thermal power

By |2025-02-12T09:28:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hwange Thermal Power Station. Image credit businessdaily.co.zw

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Thermal power

  • In thermal power production, fuel is used to heat water in huge boilers, converting this water into steam.
  • The steam at high pressure and through pipes, is directed to turbines.
  • The pressure turns the turbines […]
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Natural gas as a source of energy

By |2025-02-12T08:59:51+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Natural gas flame

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy: Advantages and Disadvantages of Natural gas as a source of energy

 Advantages

  • Has a high energy output.
  • Cleaner and efficient.
  • Easy to mine and transport
  • Cheap
  • Can power vehicles.
  • Has other industrial uses.

Disadvantages

  • Environmentally unfriendly through pollution especially of air.
  • Very […]
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Introduction to weather and climate

By |2025-02-12T08:59:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|O Level Geography, Weather and Climate|

Rainy Weather. Image by Sodahead. Rainy Weather. Image by Sodahead. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Introduction to Weather and Climate

Weather-the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. The weather is all around us, all the time. It is an […]

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Convergence and collision zones/plates

By |2025-02-12T09:16:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Landform Studies, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Convergence zone. Image by Coft.edu Convergence zone. Image by Coft.edu ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Plate tectonics: Convergence Zone.

Convergence zone

  • Are also know as destructive plates (zones) or the zone of subduction.
  • This is when two plates move towards each other as shown on the diagram above.
  • An Ocean crust moves towards a […]
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Weathering

By |2025-02-12T09:10:34+02:00February 12th, 2025|Landform Studies, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A weathered boulder. Image credit earthlearningidea. A weathered boulder. Image credit earthlearningidea. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Weathering

  • Earth movements (plate tectonics) create and lead to the development of the earth’s major landforms for example block mountains, volcanic cones, lava plateaus and rift valleys.
  • As soon as they are formed denudation processes […]
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Yardangs, Zeugens and Rock Pedestals

By |2025-02-12T08:56:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Hot Deserts, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zeugens. Image credit Revisionworld.com Zeugens. Image credit Revisionworld.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Hot Deserts: Yardangs

Zeugens

  • Pictured in the diagram above.
  • Zeugens are the ridges in “ridge and furrow” landscapes found in deserts.
  • These ridge and furrow landscapes sculpted found in hot deserts are a result of wind erosion.
  • Wind abrasion turns a desert surface […]
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