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Uses of coniferous forests

Timber from coniferous trees. Image credit thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Uses of coniferous forests

Coniferous forests have also suffered more or less the same fate as the rainforests.
The loss to deforestation has however, been limited by better management styles and their quick maturing characteristic.
Coniferous softwoods […]

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By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:45:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|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

Characteristics

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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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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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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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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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