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Characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:34:56+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Ox drawn ploughs are used by some small scale mixed farmers. Image credit BBC

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming

The characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming are uniform across the face of Africa.
The land owned by the peasant […]

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Industrial Studies: Introduction

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:03:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zimplats Plant. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Industrial Studies: Introduction

The word industry refers to the capacity or ability to do work where some form of energy has to be used in the process.
Industry is also defined as economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods […]

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Roads in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:11:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Wide tarred road with a cycle track.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Road transport network in Zimbabwe

Roads in Zimbabwe have been divided into groups, namely:<
1. Wide-tarred roads which are two-way highways with a minimum width of 6 metres, and
2. Other roads include here are narrow-tarred roads, strip roads and […]

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Exploitation of natural resources

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:24:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Exploitation of natural resources, gold panning in Mozambique.Image credit nytimes.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:Resource Exploitation

The exploitation of natural resources is the use of natural resources for economic growth, sometimes with a negative implication of accompanying environmental degradation.
It started to emerge on an industrial scale in the […]

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Forestry: Deforestation

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:18:33+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest. credit blog.conservation.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:World Deforestation

Deforestation is the cutting down of trees without replacing them.

The most important role forests play in sustaining people’s lives is being threatened by the rapid disappearance of the world’s forests.
In 2009, most of the […]

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Types of Forests: Deciduous temperate forests

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:00:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Deciduous temperate forest. Image credit thinglink.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources : Deciduous temperate forests

These are also known as temperate deciduous forests or temperate broad-leaf forests.
They are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year.
They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters

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Fishing in other parts of Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:08:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A Zimbabwean fisherman attempts to land his catch. Image credit deseretnews.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Other fisheries in Zimbabwe

Both commercial and subsistence fishing also takes place in Zimbabwe’s internal dams.
The major ones include Lake Chivero and Manyame on the Manyame river and Lake Mutirikwi on the […]

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Classification of energy sources

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:27:09+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Natural Gas flame. Image credit money.cnn.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:Energy: Classification of energy sources

One way of classification is by grouping energy sources into traditional and modern sources.

Some sources and types belong to both groups.
For example canoeing down a river uses the force of the moving […]

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Africa’s Energy Resources

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T08:58:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Old Inga Dam DRC. Image credit internationalrivers.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Energy resources of Africa

Electricity is generated from two major processes, thermal and hydro.
The thermal component includes petroleum on top of coal for a number of countries such as Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria and Libya.
For other […]

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