Question
Impact of mining on distribution of population.
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Answer
- Minerals are important raw materials in the development of industries.
- Therefore, industries develop where good quality minerals are available. Mining and industries generate employment for large number of people and hence skilled and semi¬skilled labourers attract to such regions and mining areas become densely populated.
- For example, Richest mineralised zone of India – Chota Nagpur region, Ruhr region of Germany (due to coal and iron mines) are densely populated.
- In some country’s valuable minerals like gold, silver, copper are mined. In such areas in spite of adverse climate and relief minerals are extracted. Also, the region around the mines are densely populated.
- For example, gold producing areas in Africa, mineral oil mines in the deserts of south-west Asia.
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