Question

why are most of the settlements in the prairie region scattered

Answer 1

Since prairies have huge farmlands where farmsteads are spread over the areas, therefore, its a scattered settlement.

Answer 2

The reason behind the scattered population in the Prairies are the inheritance of large amount of lands.

Prairies are also known as the temperate grass lands. Grasses are the main vegetation found in this area where few level agricultural practices have been followed in this area. People who live in prairies have inherited large amount of lands from their ancestors and settlements have became scattered.

Recent survey shows that large amount of people are migrating to the prairies and it will be populated in 2050 by 50 people per Sq. Km.