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Nomadism: A Case Study

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:39+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sahel Nomads. Image credit btcycle.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming: Nomadism: A Case Study: Sedentarisation of nomads in the Sahel

Sedenterisation of Nomads in the Sahel

In this scheme, an area to settle the nomads is selected by UN officials.
A deep well is sunk at the centre, […]

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Livestock Farming

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:29+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Dairy Farm. Image credit abstcm.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Livestock Farming

Animal husbandry is the rearing of livestock, cattle, sheep, goats and donkeys by a farmer in order to sustain himself and his nation.
Commercially, for Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa with the exception of South Africa’s […]

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A case study of ZISCO

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

A blast furnace at ZISCO steel company. Image credit media.glassdoor.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Iron and Steel Industry:A case study of ZISCO

This kind of industry is raw material based.

Raw materials required

Iron ore (Fe) is used to make pig iron or steel; scrap metal may be used in its place.
Limestone (CaCO₃) […]

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Modern Developments in Transport: Sea transport

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:35:52+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A container ship. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport:Modern Developments in Transport: Sea transport

Sea transport development has involved the modernization of old ports through deepening of harbours, building wharfs and quays and installing new port handling facilities to increase capacity and efficiency.
For example in Mozambique, the […]

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Case Study:Copper mining in Zambia

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:35:31+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Kansanshi Copper mine in Zambia. Image credit apjjf.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Case Study:Copper mining in Zambia

The Copper belt

The following are factors which have influenced the development of copper mining on the copper belt in Zambia:

Geological occurrence of copper

The copper deposits occur in an axial belt […]

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Indigenous commercial forests

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:35:12+02:00January 24th, 2023|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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Natural Resources: Water quality

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:34:57+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Water Quality is important. Image credit goinggreenrecyclingnigeria.org

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

The quality of water can be improved by:

Improving water treatment techniques.
Improving sanitation at household level.
Treating sewage before discharging it in streams and rivers.
Recycling industrial waste.
Use of bio-degradable chemicals in the […]

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Sea fisheries found on the west coast of Southern Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:34:44+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Recreational fishing off the coast of Namibia. Image credit travelnewsnamibia.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Sea fisheries on the west coast of Southern Africa

Fisheries of the Benguela cold current system cover the area along the west coast of South Africa, Namibia and southern Angola.
The area on the […]

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Geothermal power: Locational factors

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:34:35+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A geothermal station in Iceland. Image credit ucsusa.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy: Geothermal power locational factors

Geothermal power can only be generated in areas of active volcanicity.
These areas are known as geothermal hotspots.
These are zones where volcanic activity underground makes rocks hot and these rocks […]

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