January 2023

Types of Forests: Deciduous temperate forests

By |2022-09-15T12:35:04+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Deciduous temperate forest. Image credit thinglink.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources : Deciduous temperate forests

  • These are also known as temperate deciduous forests or temperate broad-leaf forests.
  • They are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year.
  • They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters

    • […]

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Fresh water fishing outside Malawi

By |2022-09-15T12:34:49+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A boy fishing in a Lake. Image credit irinnews.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Lake fishing outside Malawi

  • Fresh water lake fishing also takes place in the rift valley lakes of East Africa for example Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, Lake Victoria between Tanzania and Uganda, as well as Lakes […]
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Solutions for sustaining the world’s fisheries

By |2022-09-15T12:34:41+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Swimming fish. Image credit National Geographic

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Solutions for sustaining the world’s fisheries

  • Increasing fishing disputes have pressured the United Nations into action.
  • Through the Third United Nations Conference on the law of the Sea of 1974, the UN established a 200 nautical mile zone […]
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Energy resources in Zimbabwe

By |2022-09-15T12:34:32+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Wood is a popular fuel source in Zimbabwe. Image credit Flickr.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Energy resources in Zimbabwe

  • The major sources of Zimbabwe’s electrical energy are coal from Hwange and water at Kariba HEP station.
  • Wood makes small but significant contributions.
  • All the oil products used in […]
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Depressions

By |2022-09-15T12:44:52+02:00January 24th, 2023|O Level Geography, Weather and Climate|

The characteristics and weather pattern associated with a depression. Image by the BBC. The characteristics and weather pattern associated with a depression. Image by the BBC. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes.

Characteristics

  • This is an area of low pressure whose shape on a map is oval or circular.
  • It is represented […]
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Calderas

By |2022-09-15T12:44:27+02:00January 24th, 2023|Landform Studies, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

El Boqueron caldera in El Salvador. Image credit Wikispaces.com El Boqueron caldera in El Salvador. Image credit Wikispaces.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Calderas

  • Calderas are very large craters often two or more kilometers in diameter that form at the top of volcanoes.
  • They are often deep extending downwards for a few hundred […]
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River processes: Basic Concepts

By |2022-09-15T12:44:09+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes, River Processes|

A turbulent river. Image credit jokeroo. A turbulent river. Image credit jokeroo.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: River processes:Basic Concepts.

  • Rivers are perhaps the most important denudation agent.
  • They carve channels, form valleys,transport and deposit regolith  over great distances and other material to form other types of landforms.

Terms used in describing a […]

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