Question
Explain three physical factors that favoured the location of iron and steel industries in Germany.
Answer
- Rivers Rhine, lippe and Ruhr provide water required for cooling machines in the industry/ industrial use.
- the area is served by navigable rivers Rhine and its tributaries which provide cheap transport for the raw materials to the factory and finished products to the market.
- the presence of large deposit of iron ore limestone and coal from the Rhine valley provided the raw materials needed in the iron and steel in the region.
- the area is served by navigable rivers Rhine and its tributaries which provide cheap transport for the raw materials to the factory and finished products to the market.
- the presence of large deposit of iron ore limestone and coal from the Rhine valley provided the raw materials needed in the iron and steel in the region.
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