Zimbabwe country profile

Lead Author: Maggie Surface (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou (other articles)
Last Updated: June 5, 2008

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Great Zimbabwe, Masvingo. Great Zimbabwe, on of the oldest preserved architectural monuments in Africa, are the ruins of an 11th-15th century kingdom, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Source: R. Giling/ Still Pictures)
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Great Zimbabwe, Masvingo. Great Zimbabwe, on of the oldest preserved architectural monuments in Africa, are the ruins of an 11th-15th century kingdom, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Source: R. Giling/ Still Pictures)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Zimbabwe
  3. Energy in Southern Africa
  4. Human Development Index
  5. National parks and preserves:
    1. Mana Pools National Park
    2. Victoria Falls National Park
  6. Ecoregions:
    1. Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
    2. Southern Africa bushveld
    3. Southern Miombo woodlands
    4. Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
    5. Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
    6. Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
  7. Regional biodiversity hotspot (Eastern Afromontane)

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Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Zimbabwe country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 5, 2008; Retrieved December 3, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Zimbabwe_country_profile>
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