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Geographic features means mountains, canyons, gulches, streams, streambeds or channels

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.

1. Geography of a country determines how favorable/unfavorable the climate there


is. This is actually a game changer that influences how the place develops.
2. Geography determines what the people of a region do for a living - agriculture,
trade,..
3. Landlocked countries will have limitations in trade and logistics, especially if they
have hostile neighbors, which can limit their growth.
4. Mountain ranges can protect regions from invasions, and help develop unique
cultures and identities. But they can prevent development as well. Flatland invites
empires and invasions.

What is the geographical importance of the Middle East?


The Middle East serves as the connective tissue of the continents of Europe,
Africa and Asia. Located within this global crossroads lies some of the world's most
importance trade routes and military chokepoints, including the Suez Canal, the Turkish
Straits, the Straits of Hormuz, and the Straits of Gibraltar.

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.

geographic characteristics into two groups, those primarily important


for agriculture and those primarily important for trade,
Transportation,Mining,Manufacturing,Production,Banking,Distribution,Consumption,

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