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Explain the influence of the following factors on human settlement; i) Relief ii) Vegetation iii) Drainage

Explain the influence of the following factors on human settlement;
i) Relief
ii) Vegetation
iii) Drainage

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johnson

i) Relief
Gentle attract many settlements because it is easy to construct houses, have deep well drained soils/steep slopes discourage settlements due to difficulty in construction, prone to soil erosion, mass wasting.

ii) Vegetation
Thick forests discourage establishment of settlements due to government policy difficult to construct.

iii) Drainage
Rivers attract settlements due to availability of water for domestic use
Areas of poor drainage discourage settlements because they are prone to folding have disease causing vectors like snails which cause bilharzias/mosquitoes which transmit malaria.
johnson mwenjera answered the question on January 14, 2018 at 11:37

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