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The Peace Treaties

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:29:22+02:00February 12th, 2025|O Level History Notes|

A stamp showing the signature page of The Treaty of Versailles. Image by Topical Stamps The Peace Treaties

The treaties of World War I

The following major treaties were signed at the end of the First World War.

The treaty of Versailles. (Germany 1919)
The treaty of Saint […]

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Attitude

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:16:21+02:00February 12th, 2025|English Language Notes, English Register|

Some student's attitude towards Maths. Image by WiseGeek. Some student’s attitude towards Maths. Image by WiseGeek. Register Attitude

Attitude refers to the way one thinks or feels about something. In register it usually used to refer to a position one has taken in the matter at hand. Attitude can be a […]

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Wind direction and speed

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:14:35+02:00February 12th, 2025|O Level Geography, Weather and Climate|

A cup anemometer and windvane. Image by Noaa.gov. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Wind direction and speed.

Wind is the movement of air across the earth’s surface due to differences in pressure between two regions. Air moves from high pressure regions to low […]

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Unintentional changes to weather
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Unintentional changes to weather

Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes, Weather and Climate

Unintentional changes to weather

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:42:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes, Weather and Climate|

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: People and Weather: Accidental Changes

Acid Rain

The smoke from burning fuels and chemical industries rises into the air and mixes with water vapour.
When the rain falls down it becomes acidic.
The acid rain is a weak acid made up of sulphuric and nitric acids.
Over, a long time (years for example), the rain […]

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Faulting

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:28:52+02:00February 12th, 2025|Landform Studies, Notes, O Level Geography|

Common types of faults. Image via Noaa.gov ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Faulting.

Lateral earth movements often produce very great stresses due to compressional forces (when plates move towards one another) and tensional forces (pulling apart).
These forces can cause fractures or breaks in the earth’s crust.
When breaks […]

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Landforms resulting from weathering

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:18:17+02:00February 12th, 2025|Landform Studies, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Ruware/Dwala. Image credit WordPress.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Landforms resulting from weathering.

Weathering processes and usually in conjunction with other denudation processes such as water and wind erosion and mass wasting results in the formation of various landscapes.
In temperate and tropical latitudes these include:

1.Inselbergs/Monadnocks

The […]

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Wadis,Bahadas and the Desert Piedmont zone

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:05:01+02:00February 12th, 2025|Hot Deserts, Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Alluvial fan/Bajada/Bahada. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Wadis and Bahadas

Wadis/Canyons

As already pointed out freak storms occur in deserts characterised by excessive precipitation over short periods of time.
Due to infiltration excess flow and even saturation excess flow there is significant run off in the […]

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Landforms resulting form river processes

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:32:44+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes, River Processes|

Rapids near Niagara Falls. Image credit NiagaraFallsLive.com ZIMSEC Geography Notes: Landforms resulting from river processes

A river through its processes of erosion, transportation and deposition forms several landforms.
These can be broadly divided into those landforms resulting from erosion and deposition.

Landforms […]

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River rejuvenation

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:13:25+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes, River Processes|

Paired terraces resulting from rejuvination. Image credit Geographyas.info ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: River Rejuvination

Rejuvenation-occurs when there is a negative change in a river’s base level (i.e. when the river’s base level falls) which increases its potential energy and thus enables it […]

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Building Societies

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:34:53+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

FBC Building Society. Image credit businessdaily.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Money and Banking: Building Societies

Building Societies

Is a type of a financial institution.
A building society is a financial organization which pays interest on investments by its members and lends capital for the purchase or […]

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