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Settlement Characteristics |
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GCSE / IGCSE Geography (14-16 yrs) |  |
Key Terms |  |
Revise this Topic |  |
Links to AS / A2 / IB Geography |
 Settlement Characteristics Worksheet |
| Site | The actual location of a settlement. For example; Toulouse is at Latitude 43,38 ° N, Longitude 1,22 ° E, approximately 580 km south from Paris. |
| Situation | The location of a settlement in relation to places (human and physical) surrounding it. For example; Toulouse is a city in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne River, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. |
Location Factors for Settlements. |
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Wet-Point Site |
Dry-Point Site |
Building Materials |
Defence |
Fuel Supply |
Food Supplies |
Nodal Point |
Bridging Point |
Shelter |
Aspect |
Aspect |
Bridging Point |
Play one of the ClassTools games to practice the definitions of the Location Factors. |
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Use the Post-It to annotate these settlements with WHY they are located where they are. |
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Shrewsbury, UK. |
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Toulouse, France. |
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 Dispersed, Linear or Nucleated Placemarks |
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Click on each Function for an example |
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