February 2025

Possible measures to solve the energy crisis in Zimbabwe

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

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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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Importance of Mining to the economy of Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:37:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Gold. Image credit indianewsonweb.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:Resource Exploitation, Importance of mining

Growth of industries

  • Mining helps industries to grow by providing raw materials to industries
  • Many industries obtain their raw materials from the mining sector.
  • For example, building and construction industries get some of their raw materials from […]
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Acacia Savanna Woodlands

By |2025-02-12T09:20:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Umbrella/Acacia Tree. Image credit afktravel.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Zimbabwean Forests: Acacia Savanna Woodlands

  • Acacia trees are also known as umbrella trees due their shape and also the fact that they are usually surrounded by islands of grass often providing the only shade for a distance
  • This type […]
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Water as a renewable resource

By |2025-02-12T09:12:23+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Water is a critical life resource.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Water as a renewable resource

  • Water covers over two-thirds of the earth’s surface.
  • It is found in oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, ice caps, glaciers and in underground aquifers.
  • Of the world’s most abundant water resources, only 3% is fresh water and […]
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Fishing in Lake Kariba

By |2025-02-12T09:07:45+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sun drying fish on Lake Kariba. Image credit yahoo.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Lake Kariba

  • It was constructed on the Kariba gorge between 1955 and 1959.
  • The dam has produced a lake with a surface area of 5 364 km2.
  • Commercial fishing on Lake Kariba begun in 1962.

    • […]

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Classification of energy sources

By |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 |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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Problems being faced by the Mining Industry in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:37:58+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Abandoned mine. Image credit wenxuecity.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Problems being faced by the Mining Industry in Zimbabwe

  • Disinvestment by TNC after 1980 resulted in some mine closures and creation of ghost towns.
  • For example are Kamative and Mhangura.
  • Some mine closures are also as a result of […]
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Zimbabwe’s forests: Mountain forest and grassland

By |2025-02-12T09:20:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Bananas and other crops have replaced natural vegetation in some areas. Image credit zadt.co.zw

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Zimbabwe’s forests: Mountain forest and grassland

  • This is found in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe.
  • Temperature are generally below 20°C while rainfall is over 1 500 mm.
  • The altitude is generally above 1 […]
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Human Geography: Hydrological cycle

By |2025-02-12T09:12:47+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The hydrological cycle. Image credit physicalgeography.net

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Natural Resources: Water: Hydrological cycle

  • If you are looking for the Hydrological Cycle explanation from Physical Geography please click/tap here.
  • The water cycle replenishes the world’s water resources through rain.
  • Hydro means water.
  • Rain water flows into streams and rivers […]
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