Site and Situation. What is meant by site? Site is the actual location of a city.
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Site and Situation
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What is meant by site?
• Site is the actual location of a city.
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What is meant by situation?
• 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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Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA developed where the James River met the fall line. Ships could no longer go upstream so the city of Richmond was established.
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Fall Line
• A cargo ship can travel up the James River to Richmond. It can not go any farther because Richmond is located on a fall line, a line of waterfalls that separate rivers of Western Virginia and Eastern Virginia
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Omaha, NE
Sacramento, CA
Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, CA developed because they were on the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Confluence Site
• Confluence sites: cities located where rivers meet
• Pittsburgh is an example of Confluence
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Pittsburgh,PA
Pittsburgh, PA developed where three rivers converge.
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Site
• Sites can be found where rivers narrow
• Quebec is an example where the river narrowed
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Quebec City
Quebec City developed where the St. Lawrence River narrowed.
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Harbor sites
• New York
• Boston
• Baltimore
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New York City became a major city because it is located on a natural harbor.
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Erie Canal
• Waterway in New York that runs about 363 miles
• Water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
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Locks
• A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways
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