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Site and Situation
AP Human Geography
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BR: What is the best location for a large city?
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• Near Water• Near Resources• Where else?...........
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Patterns of urban development occur according to the site and situation of locations:
Where it is and what’s around it.
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Site and Situation
Patterns of urban development occur according to the site and situation of locations: Where it
is and what’s around it.
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What is meant by site?
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Site is the actual location of a city.
Cities will grow and prosper in locations that offer some advantages.
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Examples of Site• Harbor sites: the site of a natural harbor• Island sites: the site of islands in strategic locations• Confluence sites: the site where rivers converge• Hilltop sites: the site at the top of a hill• Oasis sites: the site in the desert where caravans
stopped for water
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New York City became a major city because it is located on a natural harbor.
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Paris, France became a major city because
it is located on an Island in the Seine
River.
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Hong Kong, China became a major city because it is located on an Island.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania became a major city because it is located at the site where three rivers converge (confluence or
the Ohio River, the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River).
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Rome, Italy became a major city because it is located at on a hill overlooking the city.
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Athens, Greece became a major city because it is located at on a hill overlooking the city.
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Damascus, Syria became a major city because it is located at the site of an oasis.
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What is meant by situation?
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Situation is another name for relative location—the location of a city with respect to other geographic features, regions, resources, and transport routes.
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• Command of land between rivers
• Focal point of religious pilgrimage
• Along trade routes
• Supply station for ships
• Along the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
Examples of Situation
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Baghdad, Iraq became a major city because it commands the
land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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City of religious pilgrimageMecca, Saudi Arabia—Muslims-Hajj
Muslims on a Hajj to Mecca
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan and Xi’an, China developed along the Silk Road, an ancient trade route across Asia
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Cape Town, South Africa grew up on the
southern tip of Africa because it supplied
ships when they traveled from Europe to
Asia
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Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California developed on the Transcontinental railroad in the USA
Omaha, Nebraska
Sacramento, California