Geography Key Words

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Geography Keywords
Max Cutten
Flashcards by Max Cutten, updated more than 1 year ago
Max Cutten
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Settlement A place where people live. E..g hamlet , village, town or city.
Site The land on which a settlement is built.
Situation A settlements location relative to its surroundings.
Shape The arrangement of buildings within a settlement.
Dispersed settlements When buildings are spread out. There is usually no obvious centre.
Nucleated settlements When buildings are grouped closely together. They often form at crossroads or route centre.
Linear settlements When buildings are either side of a road, in a line.
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