HUMAN ENVIRONMENT-SETTLEMENT,TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

SETTLEMENT:SETTLEMENT IS THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE THEIR HABITAT.
IT CAN BE OF TWO TYPES:PERMANENT SETTLEMENT AND TEMPORARY SETTLEMENT.
THEY SETTLEMENT DEPENDS UPON THE VARIOUS FACTORS LIKE AVAILABILTY OF WATER,FOOD ETC.
TRANSHUMANCE IS THE TYPE OF SEASONAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IN SEARCH OF NEW FOOD.
IN INDIA,TRANSPORTATION ON HUMAN IS DONE ON DONKEY,MULES,OAK AND CAMEL.
WHILE IN THE TIBET,YAKS ARE USED.
IN ANDES MOUNTAIN OF SOUTH AMERICA,LLAMAS ARE USED.
MANALI LEH HIGHWAY IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD.
WATERWAY IS THE CHEAPEST WAY TO CARRY THE GOOD FROM ONE PART OF THE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER.
THERE CAN BE TWO TYPES OF WATERWAYS ::::
1)INLAND WATERWAYS----FOR INLAND WATERWAYS,THE RIVES AND LAKES ARE USED.
GANGA,BRAHMAPUTRA,GREAT LAKES IN NORTH AMERICA AND RIVER NILE IN THE AFRICA IS THE EXAMPLE OF INLAND WATERWAYS IN WORLD.
2)SEA ROUTES:SEA ROUTES IS THE WAY BY WHICH GOODS AND TRANSPORTATION IS DONE BY THE OCEAN ROUTES.