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Communication in Business: Phones

By garikaib|2025-02-12T08:57:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes:Managing Human Resources: Communication in Business: Phones

Phones are one of the most popular means of communication in business
To such an extent that virtually every business has a phone
The advent of mobile phones means that almost every individual has a phone
In Zimbabwe over […]

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Forests in Zimbabwe: Brachystegia Savanna Woodland

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:19:45+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A group of Musasa trees on a low hill. Image credit flickr.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Renewable Resources: Forests in Zimbabwe: Brachystegia Savanna Woodland

This type of woodland generally covers much of the country’s Highveld, generally lying between 900 and 1 200 metres above sea level.
Brachystegia is […]

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Indigenous commercial forests

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:39:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Chirinda Forest in Chimanimani. Image credit afrikascout.de

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Commercial timber resources:Indigenous commercial forests

Commercial timber resources in Zimbabwe can be divided into two classes, namely: indigenous tropical hardwoods and the exotic plantations.
1. The indigenous tropical hardwoods like the Zimbabwean teak, mahogany and mukwa.
2. The exotic […]

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Types of Forests: Coniferous forests

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T08:59:10+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Coniferous forest. Image credit chcentralmich.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Coniferous forests

Coniferous forests consists of evergreen trees which do not shed their leaves at any time of the year.
These are confined to the cool temperature, latitude in belts stretching across northern USA. Southern Canada, Scandinavia, northern Europe […]

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Natural Resources: Water shortages

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:24:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A boy carrying water during 2016 water shortage in Zimbabwe. Image credit ibtimes.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Water:Water shortages

Water supply shortages both at household and national level could be reduced by:

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient, available water resources to meet water needs within a region.

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Fishing:Natural lakes

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:33:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Inland water fishing in Zambia. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing: Fishing:Natural lakes

Fresh water lakes are mainly found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zimbabwe does not have natural lakes, all are man-made.
Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and Lake Malawi are the largest and deepest rift […]

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Ocean and Sea fishing

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:11:23+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Horse Mackerel. Image credit sites.google.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Fishing:Sea fishing

The coastal areas of southern-central Africa stretching from Tanzania, through Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Angola and DRC is home to several marine species including fish.
Fish resources are concentrated within the narrow continental shelf, a few kilometres […]

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Energy:Thermal power

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:28:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hwange Thermal Power Station. Image credit businessdaily.co.zw

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Thermal power

In thermal power production, fuel is used to heat water in huge boilers, converting this water into steam.
The steam at high pressure and through pipes, is directed to turbines.
The pressure turns the turbines […]

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Small scale energy sources and plants:Bio-fuel

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:45:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Jatropha plant. Image credit jatropha.org.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Small scale energy sources and plants:Bio-fuel

is a fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes,
such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion,
rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil […]

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