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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