All About Site

Today in class, we learned about what site is. A site is used for geographers to describe where things are. The site of a location is the physical characteristics of a plane. Examples of sites are climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation. These are the characteristics that make every location different. Some locations that are on the same latitude may share similar characteristics, not all will be the same. An interesting fact is that humans are able to change and modify the traits of a site. An example of this would be in Manhattan, New York, they added soil and land to make one of their islands larger. It has since grown to around twice its original size. I would be worried to live or be on that simply because it was man made rather than naturally there. I would be nervous that it isn't stable or safe. I don't think creating and forming new land is a good idea though because it is polluting the ocean and could really destroy it over time by adding trash under the soil and making fish relocate.