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Kopje, Tor and Balancing rocks

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:21:33+02:00February 12th, 2025|Landform Studies, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A Kopje. Image credit MediaWiki. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Landforms resulting from Weathering: Kopjes

Tors/Kopjes/Castle kopjes

Tors/kopjes/castle kopjes are inselbergs.
Tors the same as kopjes even though some books make an attempt to distinguish between the two.
Different names are applied in different localities to what are essentially […]

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Playas

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:07:39+02:00February 12th, 2025|Hot Deserts, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A playa. Image credit bergoiata.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Playas

These are sometimes known as inland drainage basins.
Due to the fact that there are no permanent drainage patterns in deserts any rain that falls either evaporates or infiltrates into the soil or runs off and […]

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Meanders

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:43:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes, River Processes|

Meandering river. Image credit wordpress.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Meanders and Ox-bow lakes

Meanders

Meanders are pronounced bends in a river’s course
They are formed when a river twists and turn in wide bends.
They are common on the floodplain but can develop in any part of the […]

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Transport: Bicycles, carts and Rickshaws

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:27:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A rickshaw. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Draught Power

Advantages

cheap
clean
versatile
simple and available technology which makes them easy to manufacture and repair
Usually they do not require route permits

Disadvantages

They only carry a limited amount of goods/people
Can cause traffic congestion or make it worse.
They can […]

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The concentric model/Burgess’s model (1924)

By garikaib|2025-02-12T08:59:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Concentric Model. Image credit edublogs.org ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: The concentric model/Burgess’s model (1924)

This is known alternatively as the concentric model, the ring model for urban land use or Burgess’ model.
It was formulated by Burgess and Park in 1924 after their […]

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Population distribution in Zimbabwe

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:29:28+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Farming compounds have a higher population density. Image credit sfbayview.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population:Population distribution in Zimbabwe

The population of Zimbabwe as of 18 August 2012 was 12 973 808
6 234 931 males and 6 738 877 females
This population lived 3 076 […]

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The refugee problem

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:24:28+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

South Sudan Nuba refugees. Image credit Huffingtonpost.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Refugees: The refugee problem

Between 1963-1979 nationalist movements waged a war of liberation in Zimbabwe, which caused a lot of hardships for the population
The intensification of the political oppression and persecution in the country forced many people to flee the […]

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Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:04:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Subsistence Farming. Image credit wordpress.com

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

Subsistence farmers grow traditional crops such as maize, rice, sorghum, groundnuts, rapoko, millet and cassava.
They keep livestock in the form of cattle, goats, mules, donkeys, pigs and some poultry.
This is done on a small scale […]

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Commercial Crop Farming

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:35:50+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Commercial Tobacco Farming. Image credit theconversation.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Commercial Crop Farming

Commercial farming involves the growing of crops and the rearing of animals on a large scale for sale of products.
Commercial farming is agribusiness with the farmer aiming to have the highest returns from […]

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