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Friday, October 1, 2010

Zimbabwe's climate other geographical features the beautifully found in the Central Southern Africa

Zimbabwe has a lot the investors,tourists and interested groups need to know about this beautiful country ,apart from the hardship experienced for the past 10 years ,since 2009 after the Zimbabwe government adopt new strategic blueprint like STERP and others including use of the multi-currency system the economy is now developing and people's welfare is now normalised despite the comments of academic ,professional and political critics.

Zimbabwe a wonderful plateau found between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers shares borders with Zambia,Mozambique ,South Africa and Botswana.
Almost the whole of the country lies more than 300m above sea level .Harare is 400m above sea level.¾ of Zimbabwe is above 600m but less than a twentieth is above 1500m.
The outstanding feature is the central plateau ,known as the highveld,which is about 650km long by 80km wide.On either side is the Middleveld which is between 600m and 1200m above sea level.Deep river valleys have split the Middleveld areas into great blocks of fine plateau country.
The low veld below 600m comprises a narrow strip in Zambezi valley and a broader tract between the Limpopo and Save /Rundi rivers which is about 162 m above sea level.
Massive granite outcrops occurs in various parts of Zimbabwe ,which result to 40% sand loamy soils cover the surface area.Along the eastern border is high mountainous region of great beauty, stretching for approximately 350km .Towards the north is Inyangani the highest peak of 2 592m above sea level.This is the only area found snow in Zimbabwe.
The railway line which built between Main cities and towns- Harare,Mutare,Bulawayo ,Kwekwe,Kadoma Gweru , Chinhoyi,Masvingo,Victoria Falls Bindura,Rusape,Marondera and Hwange brought massive development in these areas.Although in recent years other remote parts such as Nyanga,Mtoko,Chipinge ,Kariba,Cheche and others are significantly developing areas
Zimbabwe's climate is one of the finest climates in the world. Warm without being oppressive and daily average of bright sunshine ranging from four to ten hours all the year round.
The country's total surface is 390 245 km² which is in the Tropic of Capricorn and are made up mostly by plateaus and savannah climate 800 to 1500 metres above sea level.The area is three times the size of England or almost equal to Califonia.
The climate is, therefore ,remarkably temperate.Summers stretches from October to April.Most of the country's rain falls during this season.The longest day in Zimbabwe is on 23 December.Maximum temperatures range between 25 and 40 degrees celsius with the average being around 25°c.The hottest are October,Novermber and January.
Winter season experienced in May to August with clear skies ,is cool and dry.Daytime temperatures generally fall in the 10 to 28°c .Occassionally in the Eastern Highlands towards the end of the season,there is a fine drizzly mist.
The Zimbabwean climate is conducive for agriculture industry ,game ranching and forestry. This is the major reason the country is popular with Agriculture ,tobacco production ,maize(corn ) peanuts ,flowers citrus ,avocados and in game Zimbabwe habours the largest mmamals like elephants,lion, hyppotamus ,bufallow ,cheetah and numerous of plain game animals.
The indegeneous and exotic timber produced in the country include ecalyptus,pine ,cyprus ,teak ,mahogany ,msasa ,hissing and numerous of other hard and softe wood.

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