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Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow:

(i) Identify and name the given rural settlement pattern.

(ii) In which type of areas do we find such type of settlement patterns?

(iii) Give an important characteristic of this type of settlement pattern.

Answer:

(i) Cross shape rural settlement pattern.

(ii) It is mostly found in areas of new development where the settlements spread out along the major roads.

(iii) These settlements develop on the cross-roads and houses extend in all the four direction.