February 2025

Sea Transport

By |2025-02-12T09:32:45+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

An ocean bulk cariar. Image credit malaquaylogistics.com An ocean bulk carrier. Image credit malaquaylogistics.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Sea Transport

Advantages

  • Is relatively cheaper.
  • Caries bulky goods at once
  • They are very comfortable for example cruise ships and ocean liners are often fitted with luxury facilities such as bathrooms, toilets, casinos and […]
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Effects of urbanization

By |2025-02-12T09:44:02+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Illegal houses being demolished in Epworth, Harare. Image credit voicesofafrica.co.za Illegal houses being demolished in Epworth, Harare. Image credit voicesofafrica.co.za ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements:The benefits and problems of urbanisation

  • Urbanisation brings about certain effects
  • There negative and positive effects
  • These effects affect both the source (rural areas) and receiving areas (the […]
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Population growth

By |2025-02-12T09:04:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population: Population growth

  • is an increase in the number of people that reside in a country, state, county, or city
  • There are several factors which affect the growth of a population
  • A country’s population grows as a result of natural births taking place within the community/country/region
  • Births increase the population
  • It can also grow […]
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Common Killer Diseases in the Tropics

By |2025-02-12T09:29:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A map showing the tropics. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Population Studies:Common Killer Diseases in the Tropics

  • Zimbabwe lies in the Tropics
  • This is a geographic region found between 0° and 23º North and South of the equator
  • Zimbabwe is of course found on the South side of the equator
  • […]

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Nomadism: A Case Study

By |2025-02-12T09:14:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sahel Nomads. Image credit btcycle.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming: Nomadism: A Case Study: Sedentarisation of nomads in the Sahel

Sedenterisation of Nomads in the Sahel

  • In this scheme, an area to settle the nomads is selected by UN officials.
  • A deep well is sunk at the centre, […]
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Farming types in Africa: Shifting Cultivation

By |2025-02-12T09:45:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Shifting Cultivation Land. Image credit geography.name

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming:Shifting Cultivation

Areas where practised in Africa

  • Central DRC,
  • Miombo Woodlands of Tanzania,
  • The Chitemene system by the Bemba and the Ushi in north-east Zambia,
  • The Chiinge system in the Chipinge area of Zimbabwe and
  • Central Guinea.

Characteristics

  • Shifting […]
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Types of industry: Other ways of classifying industries

By |2025-02-12T09:05:25+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Lytton Industry Harare. Image credit wordpress.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of industry: Other ways of classifying industries

  • Industries can also be classified as heavy and light industries depending on the bulk and weight of the raw materials being used.
  • The weight and size of the end products is also considered […]
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Tourism Industry in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:45:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Troutbeck in Nyanga. Image credit hotel-r.net

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Tourism Industry in Zimbabwe

  • Tourism has been the world’s fastest growing industry due to a number of factors.
  • This growth has been taking place in both developed and developing countries although growth rates have been varying between countries.
  • The greatest […]
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Trade between developing and developed nations

By |2025-02-12T09:37:14+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Tobacco is Zimbabwe’s top export product.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Trade:Trade between developing and developed nations

  • Developing countries export mostly raw materials to developed countries and the volume of trade among developing countries is generally low.
  • Developing countries have the highest proportion of the world’ population and their economies are […]
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Case Study:Copper mining in Zambia

By |2025-02-12T09:38:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Kansanshi Copper mine in Zambia. Image credit apjjf.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Case Study:Copper mining in Zambia

The Copper belt

  • The following are factors which have influenced the development of copper mining on the copper belt in Zambia:

Geological occurrence of copper

  • The copper deposits occur in an axial belt […]
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