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whether flowing or dry, natural bridges, natural lakes, natural monuments, mesas, deserts,
forests, springs, water holes, cliffs, chasms and other similar natural objects, places or things.
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They include land forms, bodies of water, climate, soils, natural vegetation, and animal
life.
Geography influences the development of the people who occupy given areas. Humans respond
and adapt to the conditions they encounter, developing ...
Geography doesn't just determine whether humans can live in a certain area or not, it also
determines people's lifestyles, as they adapt to the available food and climate patterns.
As humans have migrated across the planet, they have had to adapt to all the changing
conditions they were exposed to.
Populations grow or shrink depending on if they gain people faster than they lose them.
People prefer to live in those places where freshwater is easily available. So, the river valleys
are densely populated and the deserts have less population. Places with deposits of mineral
are naturally more populated.
Humans engage in economic activities in order to earn a living and accumulate wealth. A
trader, an agriculturist, a manufacturer, a doctor, a teacher, and factory laborers are just a
few examples of economic activity.