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What are the characteristics of settlements? Settlements come in all different shapes, sizes and locations. The function of a settlement can be identified by looking at its shape, size, site and situation.
Find out more about this topic below: What is a settlement? What do we mean by site and situation of a settlement? What are the functions of a settlement? What is a settlement hierarchy?
What is a settlement?
A settlement is a place where people live. A settlement could be anything from an isolated farmhouse to a mega city (settlement with over 10 million people).
Settlements can either be temporary or permanent. Temporary settlements include things such as refugee camps.
Recreational - fun, non-essentials like parks.Transport - roads, railways, and airports.Agricultural - farmland.Residential - housing.Commercial - businesses and factories.
The nucleolus disappears. Centrioles begin moving to opposite ends of the cell and fibers extend from the centromeres. Some fibers cross the cell to form the mitotic spindle. The nuclear membrane dissolves, marking the beginning of prometaphase.
Measuring the amount of deu terium in the universe allows us to set a limit on the density of ordinary matter of universe. Density of the universe is about 9×10-27 kg m-3, because of the way in which deu terium was created in the Big B ang, an exact measurement of the amount of deuterium would allow scientists to set limits on the models of the great explosion.
