hello there geographers and welcome back to the Mr sin Channel today we are going to talk about settlement patterns and Survey methods to start let's review cluster dispersed and linear patterns Concepts we talked about earlier in this course remember when talking about a clustered settlement or a clustered agricultural practice there's very little space between the items or practice while on the other hand dispersed means that there is space between the different settlements items or practices and if it's a linear pattern it means the arrangement of the objects or practices are in a line different agricultural practices often use different settlement patterns for example if you drive through the Midwest of the United States you will notice that many of the Corn Farms are dispersed first settlements and Farms may see less daily interactions between citizens and Farmers but because the Farms are spaced out it allows Farms to utilize their land on the other hand clustered settlements and Farms often see higher population densities compared to dispersed settlements here citizens or farmers in the area will often interact more with one another which could lead to a closer Community you can see when looking at this photo of Terrace farming from China that these Farms are clustered together notice how the houses are all packed together with little space between them lastly we can observe a linear pattern for example in Quebec Canada which has many of its settlements and farms located along the river in this photo we can see that many of the settlements and Farms stretch along a main road in fact traditionally linear settlements and Farms develop along a road River or some form of transportation system which allows people to quickly get goods and services in and out of the settlement so now that we've talked about settlement patterns let's change gears and switch to survey map to start I want to go back to our linear settlement pattern which here we can also see an example of the long lot survey map this is when land is divided up into narrow Parcels which each parcel of land having access to either a river or a major road in order for each parcel of land to have access to Transportation up next we have meats and about meats are often straight lines that connect different parts of a geographic area where the bounds are key geographic features that define an area this survey method is often used for short distances and relies on key features of a plane in the United States we find meets and Bounds used more frequently on the east coast of the United States where Europeans first sat with the rest of the country using more township and range as a survey method with the exception of Texas which was not part of the United States until later and was influenced more by Spanish and Mexican rules causing Texas to use more meats and Bounds as a survey method compared to the rest of the country that use township and range which we can see when we move west from the east coast of the United States and move into the Midwest and western part of the country where we start to see township and range as the main survey method we're looking at township and range survey method we will use a baseline with townships going north to south on the Baseline and range going west to east this survey method uses longitude and latitude to create a grid system this is a lot more organized compared to meets and Bounds and creates clear and distinct pieces of land this organization makes it easy for people to clearly identify who owns what land which makes it easier to sell and manage the land which is important especially for a country with a large population and just like that geographers another topic review video is done now comes the time to practice what we have learned answer the questions on the screen and when you're done check your answers in the description of the video or in the comment section down below as always I'm Mr sin thank you so much for watching and I will see you next time online