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Physical Settings
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Terms
• Site: refers to the local setting of a city.
• Situation: is the regional setting or location
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A Defensive Site
• Location that can easily be defended
• River-meander site, is a city located with in a loop where a stream turns back upon itself, leaves only a narrow neck of land unprotected by water.
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River-meander site
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect5/Hazy5.jpg
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River-meander site
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect5/Hazy5.jpg
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New Orleans
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2158
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River Island site
• A stream that is split into two parts, often combined a natural moat with an easy river crossing.
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Notre Dame
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Paris
http://www.battlegirl.net/EU/france/paris_map_day1.jpg
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River Island Site
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/printable/paris-walking-tour-1.html
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Offshore Island Site
• This is a city located on an island lying off the shore line or lake.
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Offshore Island site
http://www.sights-and-culture.com/Italy/Italy-map.jpg
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Offshore Island site
http://www.venice.world-guides.com/venice_maps.html
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Peninsula site
• This site provides natural water defenses on three sides
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Peninsula site
http://www.terraserver.com/samples_cities.asp
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Boston
http://www.terraserver.com/samples_cities.asp
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Another look at Boston
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Sheltered-harbor site
• Provided protection from a sea attack.• Narrow entrance to the harbor could be
defended easily.
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Sheltered-harbor site
http://klio.uoregon.edu/city/gr-images/piraeus_aerial.jpg
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Acropolis site
• Fortification on the high ground.
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Acropolis Site
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Trade Route Site
• Many cities were built on trade route sites
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Bridge Point Site
• Were major land routes can cross over rivers
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Bridge-Point site
http://www.thamesriver.on.ca/Watershed_Projects/watershed_projects.htm
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http://www.bargeladycruises.com/filebin/images/maps/EnglandmapLarge.jpg
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Tower Bridge
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Bridge-Point site
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2123426/Alfred-G-Buckham-aerial-photos.html
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Confluence Site
• Where a city is located at the point where two navigable streams flow together.
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Confluence site
http://nd.water.usgs.gov/lewisandclark/yellowstone.html
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Oregon
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect6/Sect6_9.html
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Willamette and Columbia Confluence
http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id/25126/print/true/PREVIEW=0&ID=25126/
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect6/Sect6_9.html
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Portage site
• Goods are portaged (carried) from one river to another.
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Portage site
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/illinois/illinois-map.php
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Portage site
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/illinois/illinois-map.php
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http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/chat/answers/greatlakesmap.html
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Head of Navigation site
• Where navigable water routes begin
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Head of Navigation
http://grossmanproject.net/images/St%20Anthony%20Falls%20east%20looking%20toward%20Winslow%20House%20ca%201865.jpg
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Head of Navigation
http://secure.countywebsite.com/countycart/images/LARGE%20Saint%20Anthony%20Falls.jpg