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Houses built very close together along a river valley form which settlement type?

ADouble or twin village
BCompact or nucleated
CDispersed or scattered
DLinear or roadside
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Compact or nucleated
1. Compact settlements have houses close together. 2. They grow in river valleys and fertile plains. 3. Dispersed settlements have houses far apart. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 10, Human Settlements._
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