site and situation by eleanor joyce city of salem schools
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Site and Situation by Eleanor Joyce City of Salem Schools. The student will analyze the patterns of urban development by applying the concepts of site and situation to major cities in each region. What is meant by site?. Site is the actual location of a city. What is meant by situation?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Site and Situationby Eleanor Joyce
City of Salem Schools.
The student will analyze the patterns of urban development by
applying the concepts of site and situation to major cities in each region.
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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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Examples of Site• Harbor sites: the site of a natural harbor
– New York City– Alexandria, Egypt– Istanbul, Turkey
• Island sites: the site of islands in strategic locations– Paris (originally located on an island in the Seine
River)– Hong Kong– Singapore
• Fall line sites: sites where a river meets a waterfall– Richmond, Virginia
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Examples of Site
• Confluence sites: cities located where rivers meet– Khartoum, Sudan– Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Hilltop sites: cities located on hilltops– Rome, Athens, Jerusalem
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Examples of Site
• Oasis sites: cities that developed in the desert where caravans stopped for water.– Damascus, Syria
• Sites where rivers narrow – London, England– Quebec City, Quebec
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• Command of land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers– Baghdad, Iraq
• Command of straits and land bridge to Europe– Istanbul, Turkey
• Focal point of religious pilgrimage– Mecca, Saudi Arabia; – Varanasi (Benares), India—
• Cities that grew up along trade routes – Samarkand, Uzbekistan and Xi’an, China (the Silk
Road)– Timbuktu, Mali (Trans-Sahara trade)– Singapore— (maritime trade)
Examples of Situation
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• Supply station for ships – Capetown, South Africa
• Cities that grew up along the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad– Omaha, Nebraska – Sacramento, California
• Cities that grew up along the Trans-Siberian Railroad– Novosibirsk, Russia– Vladivostok, Russia
Examples of Situation
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New York City became a major city because it is located on a natural harbor.
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Istanbul, Turkey became a major city because it is located on a natural harbor.
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Alexandria, Egypt became a major city because it is located on a natural harbor.
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Paris, France became a major city because it is
located on an Island in the Seine River.
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Hong Kong, China became a major city because it is located on an Island
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Singapore became a major city because it is located on an Island.
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Richmond, VA became a major city because it is located on the fall line of the James
River.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania became a major city because it is located at the site where three rivers
converge (confluence or the Ohio River, the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River).
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Khartoum, Sudan became a major city because it is located at the site where three rivers converge
(confluence or the White Nile and the Nile Rivers).
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Rome, Italy became a major city because it is located at on a hill overlooking the city.
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Athens, Greece became a major city because it is located at on a hill overlooking the city.
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Jerusalem, Israel became a major city because it is located at on a hill overlooking the city.
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Damascus, Syria became a major city because it is located at the site of an oasis.
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Quebec City, Quebec became a major city because it is located at the site where the St.
Lawrence River narrows.
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London, England became a major city because it is located at the site where the Thames River
narrows.
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Baghdad, Iraq became a major city because it
commands the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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City of religious pilgrimageMecca, Saudi Arabia—Muslims-Hajj
Muslims on a Hajj to Mecca
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Istanbul, Turkey commands the straits and land bridge between Asia and Europe
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City of religious pilgrimageVaranasi (Benares), India --Hindu
Hindus bathing in the Ganges River
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan and Xi’an, China developed along the Silk Road, an ancient trade
route across Asia
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Timbuktu, Mali developed along the trans Sahara trade route where salt was traded for gold.
Timbuktu
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Singapore is the site of maritime
(sea) trade because of it’s location on the tip of the Malay
peninsula.
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Capetown, South Africa grew up on the southern tip of Africa because it supplied
ships when they traveled from Europe
to Asia
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Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California developed on the Transcontinental railroad in
the USA
Omaha, Nebraska
Sacramento, California
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Novosibirsk, Russia and Vladivostok, Russia grew up along the Trans-Siberian Railroad