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Canoes and Dhows

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

Canoes are a popular way of transporting people in Venice. Image credit miriadna.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Canoes and Dhows

They are cheap
clean
They are versatile as they can carry a variety of goods
They are simple to […]

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Hoyt’s Sector model (1939)

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:01:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hoyt's sector model. Image credit MediaWiki Hoyt’s sector model. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: Hoyt’s Sector model (1939)

It was published as an alternative to Burgess and Park’s concentric model
It was based on a study of 142 American cities.

Assumptions

In making the model Hoyt made some assumptions
The […]

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Population Distribution in Africa

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:29:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The burstling streets of Harare. Image credit herald.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population:Population Distribution in Africa

The total area of Africa is 30.2 million square kilometers
As of 2013 it had a population of about 1.11 billion people accounting for 15% of the world’s […]

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Possible solutions to the refugee problem

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

A Sudanese refugee. Image credit aljezeera.net

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Refugees: Possible solutions to the refugee problem

These include both long term and short term solutions for the host countries.

Repatriation

This is the return of refugees to their source country when the source of danger has been removed
This is very expensive […]

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Farming types in Africa: Bush Fallowing

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:04:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Maize Field. Image credit wordpress.com

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

In many respects, it is similar to shifting cultivation but differs in that instead of rotating homes, the cultivated land is rotated.
The once cultivated area is abandoned without any crops for about five years […]

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Plantation (estate) farming

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:39:50+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A tea estate. Image credit blogspot.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Plantation (estate) farming

This is the large-scale production, usually of one crop on a large piece of land called an estate, for an extended period of time.
The crop grown here may be perennial, that is, grown […]

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Wheat farming in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:35:07+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Wheat field

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

Growing conditions and growing area

Very capital-intensive crop growth mainly by commercial farmers in Zimbabwe.
Capital required for seeds, irrigation equipment, fertilizers and machinery.
Being a temperate crop, it is grown in winter under irrigation.
Rainfall must be […]

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Car assembling in Japan

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:30:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Car Making and Assembling Japan. Image credit cnn.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Car assembling in Japan

Japan has one of the largest and most prominent car industries in the world
The country has been in the top 3 car manufacturing countries by number of cars made since the […]

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Modern Developments in Transport: Rail transport

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:30:56+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

High speed “bullet” train. Image credit inhabitat.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport:Modern Developments in Transport: Rail transport

In advanced countries, high speed rail transport has been developed.
For example the Japanese have developed their high speed Bullet train which can reach speeds of 350 – 400 km per hour.
All […]

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Resource Exploitation:Mining

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:27:35+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Open cast mining. Image credit mutapamining.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Resource Exploitation:Mining: Types of Mining

OPEN CAST AND STRIPPING (SURFACE METHODS)

The open cast method is used when mineral deposits occur in horizontal seams which are near the surface not more than 50 meters deep.
This method involves blasting which is carried […]

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