GEOG 202 GEOG 202. This reading gives you practice recognizing key geographic concepts . Geographers view location in several ways.
Site refers to the actual physical position and conditions of a place.
Situation refers to a relative position or how human activities in a place are affected by what is going on in other places. Links , natural or man-made, between places allow for spatial interaction and hence determine situation. A region is a basic unit of study in geography and refers to some circumscribed area whose limits are defined by a particular uniform characteristic or set of characteristics that distinguish a given area from surrounding areas. Natural features include landforms, drainage patterns, and vegetation. The author provides several descriptions of what a geographer would call the site of Virginia.