Travel RegionsCGG 3O

What is a region?

Region

A portion of the Earth’s surface distinguished by others by some sort of characteristic

What could the characteristic be?LanguagePhysical FeaturesVegetationEtc…

Example – Landform Regions

Example – Language Regions

Travel RegionsRegions which are

suitable or most desired for travel and tourism

Popular for travel and tourism

What would be a place desired for travel that would make it a travel region?

What place would not?

ActivityForm groups of three

Try working with someone you haven’t worked with before

You will each be given a map of Hamilton on 11x17 paper

Your task is to divide the city into different regions based on different characteristics

Present your regions to the rest of the class What would be the ideal tourist region in

Hamilton? What wouldn’t? Why?

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