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== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
Note | Note: change to separate category and entry for [[Geography]] or leave here as a skill and add new entry /category for [[Human Geography]] | ||
===Isolation=== | ===Isolation=== | ||
* details | * details | ||
===Movement=== | ===Movement=== | ||
* inhibitors / barriers to movement | * geographic barriers to movement = | ||
** examples: mountains, deserts, crossing rivers, jungles, deserts, canyons, waterfalls (cataracts), extreme climates | ** inhibitors / barriers to movement | ||
* geographic catalysts for movement = | |||
** facilitators of movement | |||
* examples: | |||
** barriers: mountains, deserts, crossing rivers, jungles, deserts, canyons, waterfalls (cataracts), extreme climates | |||
** distance = barrier to movement and cultural diffusion | ** distance = barrier to movement and cultural diffusion | ||
** different | ** different climates = barrier to movement and cultural diffusion | ||
* facilitators / aids to movement | * facilitators / aids to movement | ||
** examples: valleys, going along rivers, flat lands, mild climates | ** examples: valleys, going along rivers, flat lands, mild climates | ||
** similar climate = aid to movement | ** similar climate = aid to movement | ||
** both: | |||
*** a river as "both a highway and a moat" | |||
*** a coastline as both inhibitor and facilitator of movement | |||
*** woods, lakes, and rivers as | |||
**** barriers during warm weather | |||
**** and facilitators in cold weather (ice, lack of underbrush during winter, etc.) | |||
===Regions=== | ===Regions=== | ||
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===Natural Resources=== | ===Natural Resources=== | ||
* | * details | ||
=== Climate === | === Climate === | ||
* details | * details | ||