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Desertfication

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:10:12+02:00February 12th, 2025|Hot Deserts, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Desertification in the arid parts of Kenya. image credit Rascona-of-the-week. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Desertification

The meaning of desertification

Desertification literary means the making of deserts and several definitions have been offered for the term all expressing this idea.
Desertification refers to […]

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Waterfalls and Rapids

By garikaib|2025-02-12T08:59:30+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes, River Processes|

The Victoria Falls formed by water falling into a faultline. Image credit trekearth.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Waterfalls and Rapids

Waterfalls and Rapids

Waterfalls commonly occur in the upper course section of the river although they can occur […]

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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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Population and resources

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:25:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

There is a link between population and resources. Image credit Flickr.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Population and resources:Population and resources

There exists a complex relationship between population, resources and the environment.
Population issues are central in any country’s programs that seek to eradicate poverty and diseases as well as sustain economic growth, […]

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Nomadic Pastoralism

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:05:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Fulani Nomads. Image credit todayonline.com

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

Another traditional farming system still practiced in Africa and dates back for centuries is nomadic pastoralism.
The people who practice nomadism are called nomads.
Livestock kept by the nomads in Africa include goats, sheep, donkeys, […]

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Reasons for the decline of plantation farming in Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:40:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sugarcane in the Lowveld. Image credit voanews.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Reasons for the decline of plantation farming in Africa

Despite the advantages of estate farming estate farming has its problems.
They exhaust soils of the same nutrients since one crop may be grown for up to 30 […]

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Industrial Studies: Introduction

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:03:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zimplats Plant. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Industrial Studies: Introduction

The word industry refers to the capacity or ability to do work where some form of energy has to be used in the process.
Industry is also defined as economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods […]

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Industrial Relocation

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:31:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Relocation can lead to ghost towns. Image credit weebly.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Industrial Relocation

This is a situation where an industry which had been established in one area has to shift and locate in a new different area.
This may even involve trans-border location.
The industry has […]

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