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Question
Where would you normally find a linear settlement?
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Solution
- If such a settlement is near a railway track, and over a period of time, a need for a railway station is felt, then it becomes a railway stop.
- hen located on main roads, such settlements become important stops for travellers as dhabas, tyre and car repairing shops and petrol pumps open up.
- On rivers and coasts, they become places where boats can unload goods and passengers.
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