GCE O/L Geography case studies
GCE O/L Geography · Put your knowledge to work in context.
GCE Ordinary Level Geography is a school-leaving geography qualification taken in several countries and awarded by national or regional examination boards. It suits candidates around 15–17 who have studied a broad geography course and need a grade for further study, school completion, or employment. The syllabus is deliberately wide rather than deep: physical geography (earth structure, tectonics, rocks and landforms), weather, climate and ecosystems, population, settlement and urbanisation, economic activity such as farming, industry, energy and tourism, and resources, development and sustainability. Running through all of it are the skills that examiners love to test - reading maps and photographs, interpreting graphs and statistics, and carrying out a fieldwork enquiry from question to conclusion. The GCE O/L Geography case studies are 5 cases and about 3,372 words.
1Cliff collapse at Barrow Bay
Barrow Bay is a coastal village of 1,800 people. Its 28 m high cliffs are made of jointed sandstone resting on impermeable clay.
645 words, about 3 min2Frost risk in Frost Hollow vineyard
Frost Hollow is a valley vineyard district. A clear, calm night follows a warm spring day.
699 words, about 3 min3School siting in Riverstone
Riverstone has 420,000 people and is growing by 4.5% a year. About 38% of residents live in Nyundo, an informal settlement on the floodplain of the River Kavi.
687 words, about 3 min4Solar farm or eco-lodge in Green Hollow
Green Hollow is a rural upland district of 2,100 people. Unemployment is 11%, and 18–30-year-olds are leaving.
676 words, about 3 min5Water supply choices in Dryland district
Dryland district of 18,000 people has 420 mm average rainfall, but annual totals have ranged from 180 mm to 720 mm. The main borehole is 120 m deep and yields 4 litres per second, but its water has 1,800 mg/L total dissolved solids; the national drinking-water limit is 1,000 mg/L.
665 words, about 3 min