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Distribution
Basics to Human Geography Chapter 1 - Distribution
Question | Answer |
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Distribution | is how everything on the Earth's surface has a physical location and is organized in some fashion |
Three Aspects of Distribution | density, concentration, pattern |
Density | how often an object occurs within a given area |
Population/Arithmetic Density | numper of people / amount of all land in a given area |
Population/Arithmetic Density | people per square kilometer or mile |
Physiological Density | total number of people / arable land |
Physiological Density | more accurate measure of population density |
Concentration | refers to the proximity of a particular phenomenom over the area in which it is spread |
Clustered/Agglomerated | objects are close together |
Dispersed/Scattered | objects are spread out |
Pattern | relates to how objects are organized in their space |
Linear | when a pattern is laid out on a singular line |
Centralized | if the pattern is clustered together |
Random Distribution | when there is a lack of pattern on the landscape |
Spatial Distribution | physical location of geographic phenomena across space |
Spatial | geographic |