Indigenous weather forecasting systems: A case study of the abiotic weather forecasting indicators for wards 12 and 13 in Mberengwa District Zimbabwe

Asian Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 285-297

  Shoko, Kampion ^a   Shoko, Nothabo ^a  

^a MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Behavioural sign; Celestial body indicator; Drought; Environmental indicator; Indigenous weather forecasting; Weather indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876995595     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v9n5p285     Document Type: Article

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