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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: Draught power

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:27:17+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mules carrying packs. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Draught Power
Draught power

Refers to the use of animals such as elephants, mules, donkeys, camels and horses

Advantages

It is cheap
It is much more readily available
Can scale steep terrain and reach inaccessible areas.
Does not require […]

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Urban Settlements

By garikaib|2025-02-12T08:58:45+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

An aerial view of Harare. Image credit Bulawayo24.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: Urban Settlements

The structure of Urban settlements

This is the shape or form of urban areas in relation to land-use models.
The structure of urban settlements is also known as urban […]

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Factors affecting population distribution/density

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:22:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Dubai is a thriving settlement in the midst of the desert. image credit luxatic.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population:Factors affecting population distribution/density

Physical/Natural factors

Climate

A lot of people prefer to live in areas of moderate […]

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Refugees: Introduction

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:23:05+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sudanese refugees. Image credit CCTV Africa

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Refugees: Introduction

Refugee– is a person who cannot return to his/her own country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reason of race, religion, nationality, political association or social grouping
A refugee is therefore a forced emigrant
Based on this definition, African […]

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Farming types in Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:03:09+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A subsistence farmer. Image credit agricnation.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Introduction

Zimbabwe and in a larger sense Africa are endowed with such a wide diversity of environmental conditions and cultures.
This was enhanced as a result of it being colonized by different European countries for over a century.

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Characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:34:56+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Ox drawn ploughs are used by some small scale mixed farmers. Image credit BBC

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming

The characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming are uniform across the face of Africa.
The land owned by the peasant […]

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Maize farming in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:33:47+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Maize farm near Harare

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

Growing conditions and growing area

Staple food crop of Zimbabwe.
Production is 2.8 million tonnes.
Annually with 70% from communal farmers.
Main producing area-ecological region 2.
Rainfall-minimum 890 mm, otherwise supplement with irrigation temperature about 21° C […]

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