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Inland fresh water fishing

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:32:36+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Woman fishing in a river. Image credit adventourizim.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing: Inland fresh water fishing

Subsistence fishing has been and is still practiced in Southern Africa.
Subsistence fishing refers to fishing, other than sport fishing, that is carried out primarily to feed the family and relatives […]

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Sea fishing methods

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:19:05+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hauling in fish during commercial sea fishing. Image credit pinterest.comg

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

The types of fishing methods employed in sea fishing are determined by the type of fish being exploited.
There are two main types of fish found in the oceans of Southern […]

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Nuclear power: Factors affecting location

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:36:40+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Pelindaba Nuclear station South Africa. Image credit thinkgeoenergy.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy: Nuclear power: Location factors

The pollution caused by nuclear power plants and the ever present danger of a melt down and nuclear fall-out have made such plants very sensitive in terms of location relative to […]

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Transport: Draught power

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:27:17+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mules carrying packs. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Draught Power
Draught power

Refers to the use of animals such as elephants, mules, donkeys, camels and horses

Advantages

It is cheap
It is much more readily available
Can scale steep terrain and reach inaccessible areas.
Does not require […]

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The concentric model/Burgess’s model (1924)

By garikaib|2025-02-12T08:59:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Concentric Model. Image credit edublogs.org ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: The concentric model/Burgess’s model (1924)

This is known alternatively as the concentric model, the ring model for urban land use or Burgess’ model.
It was formulated by Burgess and Park in 1924 after their […]

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Population Distribution in Africa

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:29:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The burstling streets of Harare. Image credit herald.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population:Population Distribution in Africa

The total area of Africa is 30.2 million square kilometers
As of 2013 it had a population of about 1.11 billion people accounting for 15% of the world’s […]

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Population and health

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:28:22+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Unsafe water is a health hazard. Image credit reuters.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Population and resources:Population and health

Important sources of a country’s health and quality of life are water supply and sanitation.
97% of the world’s water resources is salty water mainly in the seas and oceans.
Of the remaining 3%, […]

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Farm Inputs: Sunshine,Temperature and Rainfall

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:22:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Crops require good sunshine and a certain temperature in order to grow. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming as a system:Farm Inputs: Sunshine and Temperature

Sunshine

It refers to cloud free days experienced in an area.
The number of days with sunshine decreases as latitude increases towards the poles.
Sunshine is […]

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