Geography, Climate, and Vegetation

The climate of the Shona Empire including the two settlements great Zimbabwe and Mutapa, was split up into four major seasons. The first season usually starts at November and ends in March, and this time marks the wet and warm season. A transitional season starts in April and ends in May. The third season starts in May and ends in august, during this season they would have a cool and dry winter. The last season comes in august and ends in October, and during this time there is a warm and dry climate. In the region of the Shona Empire it did rain a substantial amount, on average it would rain 12-40 inches of rain.

          Because, the Shona Empire was mostly based in the southern part of Africa, between the Zambezi River and Limpopo rivers, they had fertile farmlands. The vegetation zone the Shona Empire had was the savannah.

This is a map of were great Zimbabwe was.

                                    The 2 maps above are of Mutapa.