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Describe any five patterns of rural settlements in the world on the basis of forms or shapes.

Solution

Patterns of rural settlements in the world on the basis of forms or shapes:

 (i) Linear pattern- In such settlements houses are located along a road, railway line, river, canal edge of a valley or along a levee.

 (ii)  Rectangular pattern- Such patterns of rural settlements are found in plain areas or wide inter montane valleys. The roads are rectangular and cut each other at right angles.

 (iii) Circular pattern- Circular villages develop around lakes, tanks and sometimes the village is planned in such a way that the central part remains open and is used for keeping the animals to protect them from wild animals.

 (iv) Star like pattern- Where several roads converge, star shaped settlements develop by the houses built along the roads.

 (v) T-shaped, Y-shaped, Cross-shaped or cruciform settlements- T-shaped settlements develop at tri-junctions of the roads (T) while (Y) shaped settlements emerge as the places where two roads converge on the third one and houses are built along these roads.

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