Paper 3 · June 2023 · Fluvial Geomorphology
The Masembura extract shows streams rising in wide, flat, marshy headwater depressions on the plateau surface, which are seasonally waterlogged and lie where the water table intersects a low gradient surface. Give the local Zimbabwean name for this landform.
Model answer
dambo
Also accepted: dambos, vlei, dambo (vlei)
Explanation
A dambo, also called a vlei, is the seasonally waterlogged headwater depression characteristic of the Zimbabwean plateau. Fine material accumulates over an impermeable weathering front, so water is held near the surface through the wet season and released slowly afterwards.
Derived from ZIMSEC Advanced Level Geography 6037/3 Paper 3 Practical Test, June 2023 session, Q2