decline+of+great+zimbabwe+climate+and+geographic+factors

Home Decline of Great Zimbabwe Research Summary = = =Climate and Geographic Features= Sources: Story of Africa, Wonders of African World, [|www.ithaca.edu/faculty/oconnell/aac/376_114Zimb]

-mild climate -open grass lands -tsetse fly free because of elevation -good for cattle herding -more rainfall than surroundings -naturally protected valley with plateau hill complex -16 miles south of fort Victoria -based at Mapungwe -land became more dry and plagued by draught -located at the western edge of a large hill on the southern fringe of the great crescent -granite hills around the village -one of 200 Zimbabwe’s -high plateau, mostly over 1000 m elevation -on eastern edge of Kalahari desert, bounded to east by a scarp dropping to the coastal plain and the Indian Ocean -rolling plains with granite outcrops -some deeply incised river valleys -trees scattered in grassy savannah -cool, plenty of rain; an attractive environment -overgrazing