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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.
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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.
A Federation is a country that is composed of a number of smaller places such as states. From the list the following places are federations: India (some example states are: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal), Switzerland (its states are known as Cantons) and the United States. France is not a federation and is therefore the correct answer.
Answer: 23.8103° N, 90.4125° E
Explanation:
So sometimes the north pole of the Earth's axis of rotation is tilted toward the Sun, and at the same time the south pole is tilted away from the Sun. This happens on June 21. Six months later, the north pole is tilted away from the Sun, and the south pole is tilted toward it, on December 21
Answer:
I would say the golden isles is closest but i don't no where fall line is.
Explanation:
Brasstown bald is about 416 miles away
Fall Line I don't know the distance
Golden isles is about 1.5 miles away
Blue ridge mountains is about 451 miles away