Question

Give geographical reasons
a) Availability of water is a major factor
affecting settlements.
b) In Brazil, majority of population is
found in the eastern coastal areas.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Water supply – settlements need water, they often locate on wet point sites for this. Settlements built away from rivers and water supplies to avoid flooding are located at dry point sites.

Explanation:

b) Brazil is not the only country which majority part of population live in the coastal areas, this is very common in other countries, such as China, if you compare the interiors of China to coastal areas, you will think that China does not have 1 billion people, there are coastal cities that have a population of 20 million people