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Resource Exploitation:Mining in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:28:24+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Chiadzwa Diamond Mine. Image credit mining.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:Resource Exploitation, Mining in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has a wide mineral resource base which is exploited commercially.
Large scale mining is dominated by foreign transnational companies such as Anglo-American, Rio Tinto and Ashanti Gold Fields.
The majority of the local […]

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Zimbabwean forests: Mopani Savanna woodland

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:20:07+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mopane trees in Matebeland Zimbabwe. Image credit flickr.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Forestry: Zimbabwean forests: Mopani Savanna woodland

Also known as mopane
This type of woodland is mainly confined to parts of the middle and Lowveld, between 400 and 900 metres above sea level.
Rainfall decreases as one […]

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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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Fresh water fishing outside Malawi

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:36:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A boy fishing in a Lake. Image credit irinnews.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Lake fishing outside Malawi

Fresh water lake fishing also takes place in the rift valley lakes of East Africa for example Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, Lake Victoria between Tanzania and Uganda, as well as Lakes […]

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Energy: Introduction

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:26:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Power-line to transmit electrical energy

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:Energy

Energy is power.
It may exist in the form of potential or kinetic energy or in the form of fossil fuels and hydrocarbons.
It is also found in the form of light or heat energy.
Its sources cover all […]

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The energy crisis in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T08:57:24+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Polling Stations in the Dark. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:The energy crisis in Zimbabwe

The energy crisis in Zimbabwe is demonstrated through the following:

Frequent shortages of petroleum and its products resulting in long queues for the scarce commodity at service stations.
Fluctuating prices in the […]

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Importance of Mining to the economy of Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|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 Rachel Majaya|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 Rachel Majaya|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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