https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y Description of the natural resources of Southern Africa. en-us 2022-03-27 23:47:39 UTC 2022-03-28 15:00:08 UTC hello@padlet.com madalynn_keaton https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117201321 South Africa includes several mineral resources that they use to trade and build up their economy.  These resources include: Diamonds, platinum, gold, iron ore, and coal.  Some other resources would be copper and uranium.  

Lastly, due to the location of Southern Africa, situated between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, the fishing industry is also a booming business and important natural resource for the country in which helps the country raise close to $404 million a year.  The most popular fish caught are anchovies, tuna, and mackerel.  ]]> 2022-03-28 13:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117201321 madalynn_keaton https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117216724 South Africa includes several minerals resources that they used to trade and build up their economy. These resources include: diamonds, platinum, gold, iron ore, and coal. Some other resources would be copper and uranium

Lastly, due to the location of Southern Africa, situated between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, the fishing industry is also a booming business and important natural resource for the country in which helps the country raise close to $404 million a year.  The most popular fish caught are anchovies, tuna, and mackerel.  ]]> 2022-03-28 13:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117216724 madalynn_keaton https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117255406 Zimbabwe has different mineral deposits such as coal, gold, diamonds, and iron ore. In 2013, it was estimated that the field produced roughly 16.9 million carats which were believed to be 13% of the diamonds produced in the world. In 2015, the country produced 40,565 pounds of gold, mineral exports earned roughly $1.8 billion.

Tobacco is one of the principal crops in Zimbabwe, they grow 3 different types of tobacco, virginia flue-cured tobacco, oriental tobacco, and burley. In 2015, China bought nearly 54% of the tobacco grown in Zimbabwe which earned the country $160,450,831. Potatoes are some of the major crops grown in Zimbabwe which have been cultivated in the country since the 20th century, roughly 90% of the potatoes grown in the country were used for local consumption. ]]> 2022-03-28 14:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117255406 madalynn_keaton https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117295953 Eswatini has a wide variety of the valuable minerals such as diamond, coal, and gold. Gold mining was one of the most important activities carried out in Eswatini, gold mining started back in the early 1880s. The government expects that the development of the facility would increase the amount of gold produced in the country.

Eswatini is Africa's fourth largest producer of sugarcane and the 25th largest globally the company also producers about 430,000 tons of cane every season. Sugarcane farming is considered extremely lucrative. Sugarcane farmers face several challenges with the most significant one being the diseases that affects their crops. 

Eswatini farmers keep a wide variety of animals such as cattle, goats, and sheeps. In 1996, Eswatini government estimated that there were more than 600,000 cattle in the country. ]]> 2022-03-28 14:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117295953 madalynn_keaton https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117322352 Water is one of the chief natural resources of Lesotho. These tributaries make up the major rivers of Lesotho and cumulatively are Lesotho and examples of these rivers include the Celedon, Makhaleng, and Senqunyane rivers. They play on important role in every generation in the form of hydroelectric power.

Mining of the diamonds in Lesotho is relatively recent activity. The country's mines produced one of the largest diamonds in the world in 2018, a 910-carat diamond. The most important mine for the earliest commercial diamond mining in the country being traced back to the mid-20th century.]]> 2022-03-28 14:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117322352 madalynn_keaton https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117358572 Mozambique has a huge coalfields, especially in the northern tete province. In 2017, the company mined about 10 million metric tons between January and October. The discovery of natural gas in Mozambique about a decade ago created hope for economic development and improved standard of living. Mozambique is set to become one of the largest liquefied natural gas products in the world.

Mozambique is believed to have the largest tantalite reservoir in the would it was ranked 4th largest producers in 2014 with 85 tons. Although tantalite is a major resources in Mozambique with great potential to generate foreign income. It development had been slowed by illegal mining and periodic closing at the mines. ]]> 2022-03-28 14:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/madalynn_keaton/fhromt8dl1tinj7y/wish/2117358572