In the next tables you can find some reasons for explaning people's distribution.
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PHYSICAL
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Densely populated
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Examples
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Sparsely populated
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Examples
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Relief
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Flat plains and low-lying undulating
areas
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Bangladesh
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High, rugged mountains
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Andes
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Broad river valleys
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Ganges Valley
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Worn-down shield lands
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Canadian Shield
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Foot hills of active volcanoes
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Etna, Pinatubo
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Climate
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Evenly distributed rainfall
with no temperatures extremes
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North-west Europe
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Limited annual rainfall
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Sahara Desert
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Areas with:
1.high sunshine totals
2.heavy snowfall for tourism
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1.Spanish coast
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Low annual temperatures
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Greenland
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2.-Swiss alpine valleys
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High annual humidity
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Amazon rainforest
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Seasonal monsoon rainfall.
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Bangladesh
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Unreliable seasonal rainfall
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Sahel
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Vegetation
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Grassland (ease to clear/farm)
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Paris Basin
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Forest
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Amazonia, Canadial Shield
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Soil
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Deep fertile silt left by
rivers
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Nile Valley and Delta
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Thin soils in mountainous or
glaciated areas.
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Northern Scandinavia
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Volcanic soils
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Etna
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1.Laking humus
2.affected by leaching
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1.Sahel
2.Rainforest
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Natural resources
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Mineral, e.g. coal, iron ore
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Pennsylvania, Johannesburg
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Lacking minerals
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Ethiopia
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Energy supplies, e.g. HEP
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Rhône Valley
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Lacking energy supplies
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North-east Brazil
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Water supply
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Reliable supplies
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North-west Europe
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Unreliable supplies
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Afganistan
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Natural routes
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Gaps through mountains,
confluence of valleys.
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Rhine Valley, Paris
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Mountain barrier
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Himalayas
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HUMAN
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Densely populated
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Examples
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Sparsely populated
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Examples
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Economic
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Ports
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New
York, Sydney
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Limited
facilities for ports
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Bangladesh
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Good
roads, railways, airports
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Germany,
California
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Poor
transport links
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Himalayas
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Industrial
areas (traditional)
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Pittsburgh,
Ruhr
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Lack
of tourist development
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Sudan
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Development
of tourism
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Banff(Canada),
Jamaica
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Lack
of tourist developments
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Iraq
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Money
available for new high-tech industries.
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California,
south of France
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Lack
of government investment
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Nepal,
Gaza
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Political
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Government
investment
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Tokyo
region, north Italy
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Lack
of government investment
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Dem.
Rep. of Congo
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New
towns
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Satellite
towns around Cairo, Brasilia
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Depopulation
of rural and old industrial areas
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North-east
Brazil, Belgian coalfield
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Reclamation
of land
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Hong
Kong Island, Dutch polders
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Loss
of land, e.g. deforestation, and soil erosion
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Amazonia,
Apennines, Sahel
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Social
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Better
housing opportunities
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Arizona
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Poor
housing opportunities
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Afghanistan,
Soweto
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Education
, health facilities, entertainment
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Sydney,
Milan
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Limited
education, health facilities, entertainment
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Rwanda
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Retirement
areas
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Spanish
costas, Canary Islands
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Poor
facilities for retirement
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Eritrea
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