February 2025

Kopje, Tor and Balancing rocks

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

A Kopje. Image credit MediaWiki. 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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Transport: Bicycles, carts and Rickshaws

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

A rickshaw. Image credit MediaWiki 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 |2025-02-12T08:59:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Concentric Model. Image credit edublogs.org 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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The refugee problem

By |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 |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 |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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Cotton farming in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:34:27+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cotton field. Farmer.co.zw

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

Growing conditions and growing area

  • Zimbabwe is the largest producer of the crop in Africa south of the Sahara.
  • A bush crop grown in summer using dry land farming.
  • Rainfall at least 600 mm in the growing season.
  • […]

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