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Possible solutions to Urbanisation problems

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:44:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Murambinda Growth Point. Image credit newsday.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements:Possible solutions to Urbanisation problems

Most LEDCs such as Zimbabwe struggle with urbanisation problems
This is because most countries cannot cope with the rapid rate of urbanisation
as the rate of industrialization and economic growth is […]

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Causes of Rapid Population change and the effects of rapid population change

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:06:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hopely Farm settlement

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population: Causes of Rapid Population change and the effects of rapid population change

Improvement in the basic health care which has a lowered the death rate
Cultural factors for example, the desire to have a male child factor in the patriarchal societies
Need for […]

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Common Killer diseases in the Tropics: Bilharzia

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:30:10+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Bilharzia is a waterborne disease. Image credit lshtm.ac.uk

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Common Killer diseases in the Tropics: Bilharzia

Is also known as schistosomiasis.
It is another serious infection and wide spread in Africa and other tropical and sub-tropical regions.
The disease is caused by a flat worm that lives in various […]

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Nomadism Case Study: The Fulani of West Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:15:39+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Fulani herder. Image credit vqronline.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming: Nomadism Case Study: The Fulani of West Africa

The Fulani practice their nomadism in a vast tract of land called the Sahel stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Ethiopian Highlands in the east.
This region covers […]

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The Main Irrigation Schemes of Africa and Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:14:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Vaal Barrage dam in South Africa. Image credit blogspot.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:The Main Irrigation Schemes of Africa and Zimbabwe

Almost every country in Africa has irrigation schemes of different sizes, most of them too small to note but the big ones are few due to the […]

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Raw Materials and Location of industries
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Raw Materials and Location of industries

Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes

Raw Materials and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:05:53+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location: Raw Materials and Location of industries

From this calculation, a number of situations may arise:
\text{Raw Materials Index (RMI)} =\dfrac{\text{weight of raw materials}}{\text{weight of finished product}}
The formula used is
Industrialists calculate what is called the raw material index (RM index) to determine how raw materials will affect the location […]

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Roads in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:11:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Wide tarred road with a cycle track.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Road transport network in Zimbabwe

Roads in Zimbabwe have been divided into groups, namely:<
1. Wide-tarred roads which are two-way highways with a minimum width of 6 metres, and
2. Other roads include here are narrow-tarred roads, strip roads and […]

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Factors influencing world trade

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:07:09+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Trucks at the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa. Image credit BBC

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Trade:Factors influencing world trade

There are several factors that influence trade.
Some of these factors are:

National income

If a country’s income level (national income) increases by a higher percentage than those of other countries, […]

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Copper products, benefits and problems

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:39:34+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Copper products in a hardware store

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

The following is a list of properties of copper:

Copper is ductile. Meaning it can be made into wire.
It can be polished, thus it is used for making ornaments for example, copper plates, […]

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Sustainable Management of forest resources in rural areas

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:24:30+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Some of the staff from various ministries and organisations in Zimbabwe involved in the sustainable use of resources

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Natural Resources: Sustainable Management of forest resources in rural areas

Sustainable economic development involves the careful management of resources, conservation and the monitoring of the effects of resource exploitation […]

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