tailieunhanh - Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 147

Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 147 provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views of Earth's resources. It serves as a bridge connecting the domains of resource exploitation, environmentalism, geology, and biology, and it explains their interrelationships in terms that students and other nonspecialists can understand. The articles in this set are extremely diverse, with articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the . Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits. . | 1366 Zimbabwe Global Resources Web Site . Geological Survey Mineral Information Zeolites Statistics and Information http minerals pubs commodity zeolites See also Volcanoes Water Water pollution and water pollution control. Zimbabwe Categories Countries government and resources Zimbabwe has the second largest reserve of gold on the African continent and the second largest reserve of platinum in the world. The country also boasts the largest elephant herd in the world as well as a sizable impala herd safari tours have historically been an important means of support for the local population. The Country Zimbabwe is in the southeastern corner of Africa bordered to the north by Zambia to the east by Mozambique to the west by Botswana and to the south by South Africa. In 2008 the country s gross domestic product was estimated at billion. Of this amount agriculture accounted for percent industry accounted for percent and the services sector accounted for percent. The total value of mineral production in Zimbabwe exceeds 500 million per year. The mining sector of the economy employs at least sixty thousand people and accounts for more than 40 percent of the total export revenues of the country. Of the total land area percent is forest and this consists of mopane and dry Miombo woodland. Grasslands both low- and high-altitude types constitute another important ecosystem. The Zambezi River which forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia is an important water way of the countr y. Gold Africa has about 30 percent of the Earth s mineral reserves including 40 percent of the world s gold. Gold is the most important mineral commodity of Zimbabwe and the second-leading export commodity providing an annual output of 194 million. In 2007 metric tons of gold were produced by the country s mines. Zimbabwe possesses the second largest gold reser ves in Africa. The Freda Rebecca Mine located close to Bindura north of the capital city .

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