Highlight the factors which might have led to the first colonies or settlements.What type of places did they find suitable to built settlements?
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In geographic terms, a situation or site refers to the location of a place based on its relation to other places, such as San Francisco's situation being a port of entry on the Pacific coast, adjacent to California's productive agricultural lands.Situations are typically defined by the physical elements of a location that helped determine it as good for settlement, which can include factors such as availability of building materials and water supply, the quality of soil, the climate of the region, and opportunities for shelters and defense — for this reason, many coastal cities are formed due to their proximity to both rich agricultural land and trade ports.
Of the many factors that help determine if a location is appropriate for settling, each can be divided into one of four generally accepted categories: climatic, economic, physical and traditional.