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Farming types in Africa: Shifting Cultivation

By garikaib|2022-09-15T12:36:41+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Shifting Cultivation Land. Image credit geography.name

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming:Shifting Cultivation

Areas where practised in Africa

Central DRC,
Miombo Woodlands of Tanzania,
The Chitemene system by the Bemba and the Ushi in north-east Zambia,
The Chiinge system in the Chipinge area of Zimbabwe and
Central Guinea.

Characteristics

Shifting […]

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Zimbabwe’s main water sources

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:34:58+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Zambezi river. Image credit worldbank.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Water: Zimbabwe’s main water sources

Zimbabwe’s main water sources indicate that most of the country’s major dams are either in the Lowveld or Highveld where suitable dam sites are found.
Lake Mutirikwi is one of the largest inland […]

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Types of industry: Primary Industry

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:23+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Farming is a primary Industry.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of industry: Primary Industry

These produce or extract raw materials from nature to be used by other economic sectors.
Examples include fishing, farming, forestry and mining.
Developing countries have traditionally been suppliers of raw materials to advanced countries.
This is one […]

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Natural Resources: Water shortages

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:34:56+02:00January 24th, 2023|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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Transport and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:21+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Raw Materials and Finished Goods both incur transport costs

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Transport and Location of industries

Industries locate where there are efficient, appropriate and cheap modes of transport to move their raw materials goods to markets and the labour force.
Generally there are two types of […]

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Possible measures to solve the energy crisis in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:34:31+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cahora Bassa Dama Mozambique.Image credit zambezitraveller.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:The energy crisis in Zimbabwe:Measures

Measures have been put in place to try to resolve the energy crisis in Zimbabwe. These include:

Imports of electricity from countries overproducing it for example from South Africa through the Insukamini interconnector near […]

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Government Policy and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:20+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hon. Patrick Chinamasa presenting the budget.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Government Policy and Location of industries

This factor affects both industrial growth and location in a national economy in a number of ways.
In terms of industrial growth, government can affect this through:
Fiscal policy – Fiscal policy […]

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Willowvale Mazda Industry

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:14+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Willowvale Mazda Industry complex

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies:Willowvale Mazda Industry

Willowvale Mazda Industry is part of the assembly industries

Assembly Industries

These are industries which bring together parts from different other industries to make a new product.
Examples include car assembly, bicycle manufacture, radio and TV making and the production […]

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Car assembling in Japan

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:13+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Car Making and Assembling Japan. Image credit cnn.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Car assembling in Japan

Japan has one of the largest and most prominent car industries in the world
The country has been in the top 3 car manufacturing countries by number of cars made since the […]

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Sea Ports in Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:35:58+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The port at Cape Town South Africa. Image credit businessmediamags.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport:Ports in Africa

Siting of ports in Africa

The siting of a port is determined by the physical environment.
Deep estuaries or deep offshore waters are necessary otherwise where the continental shelf is shallow, a lot of […]

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January 2023