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GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS INFUENCING MIGRATION

There are many geographical factors which influence population densities and their pattern of distribution.

1. SURFAGE RELIEF;
(Altitude and the character Of the topography)

ALTITUDE It is obvious that population numbers and densities decrease’ with altitude in response to the increasing difficulties involved in the settlement of high level environment. High altitude imposes physiological limits upon human existence through reduced atmospheric pressure and low oxygen content. Consequently very
few permanent settlements are found in the Andes and Himalayas,’. above 5,500 meters, while La Paz, the capital of Bolivia at a height of 3,640 meter, is the highest city in the world.

Mountains. areas do not attract people for settlement: ‘
(1) Lands for cultivation are limited there.
(2) They are ‘restricted very largely to the improvement of communication by constructing roads and railways crossing them.
(3) Rivers a re......

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