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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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Fishing in Lake Kariba

By Rachel Majaya|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 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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Possible measures to solve the energy crisis in Zimbabwe

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

Cahora Bassa Dama Mozambique.Image credit zambezitraveller.com

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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Problems being faced by the Mining Industry in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|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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