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How to describe settlement on a topographical map

Answer Text:
Description of Settlement
A settlement is a place with housing units where people live together
-Densely distributed settlements- high concentration of settlements (black dots)
-Moderately distributed settlements- settlements moderate in quantity Sparsely distributed settlements-few settlements spread over a large
area.
-Very sparse if very few
- On topographical maps dots can be identified
-Identify type of settlement patterns present