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The climate varies markedly with altitude with the Eastern Highlands at 1,878 metres or 6,161 feet above sea level being much wetter and cooler than lower altitudes. There is a dry season, including a short cool season during the period May to September, when the whole country has very little rain.
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An enlargeable topographic map of Zimbabwe. Geography of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is: a landlocked country; Location: Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere; Africa. East Africa; Southern Africa; Time zone: Central Africa Time ; Extreme points of Zimbabwe High: Mount Nyangani 2,592 m (8,504 ft) Low: Confluence of Runde River and Save River 162 m ...
Map of the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal Cratons SW end of the 550 km long Great Dyke of Zimbabwe from ISS, 2010. Brachiosaurus femur and Geologist Metrinah Ruzvidzo, 2005. The geology of Zimbabwe in southern Africa is centered on the Zimbabwe Craton, a core of Archean basement composed in the main of granitoids, schist and gneisses.
Module:Location map/data/Zimbabwe is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Zimbabwe. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Climate change will result in the emergence of new pests, which will have varying effects in different agricultural ecological zones (AEZs). Several climate change-related factors will contribute to increased crop loss, including reduced resistance in host plants, decreased efficacy of pesticides, and the introduction of invasive pest species. [13]
Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The region was long inhabited by the San, and was settled by Bantu peoples around 2000 years ago.
The Great Dyke or Dike is a linear geological feature that trends nearly north-south through the centre of Zimbabwe passing just to the west of the capital, Harare.It consists of a band of short, narrow ridges and hills spanning for approximately 550 kilometres (340 mi).