Editing Geography of Zimbabwe (section)

=== Drought ===
[[File:Near_Kariba.jpg|thumb|Climate and Weather near Kariba in Zimbabwe]]
[[Drought]] has to do with a period of abnormally [[Arid|dry weather]] which is caused little or no [[rainfall]] producing a lack of [[water]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=What is meant by the term drought? |url=https://www.weather.gov/bmx/kidscorner_drought |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref>

==== Effects of Drought in Zimbabwe ====
In Zimbabwe droughts carry many effects which include factors leading to economic struggles. [[Inflation]] rates go up as farmers undergo crop failure and loss of [[livestock]] a well as often [[wildfire]]s. Due to drought the country is faced with serious [[Water scarcity|water shortages]] as well as outrageous [[Power outage|power cuts]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=garikaib |date=2023-01-24 |title=Floods |url=https://revision.co.zw/floods/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Free ZIMSEC & Cambridge Revision Notes |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==== Mitigation ====
To limit the effects of drought the country can make use of cloud seeding, stocking of harvest in GMBs during fruitful years and/or practice irrigation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=garikaib |date=2023-01-24 |title=Drought |url=https://revision.co.zw/drought/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Free ZIMSEC & Cambridge Revision Notes |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Building and servicing dams and rivers that are no longer serving their purpose<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-15 |title=Ongoing Projects - Zinwa |url=http://zinwa.co.zw/ongoing-projects/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>