Account for the present location of iron and steel industries away from the source of raw material, by giving examples.

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Physical geography, distribution of key natural resources, factors for industrial location, geophysical phenomena (earthquakes, cyclones, volcanoes).

Connected Questions Across All Papers

Discovered through overlapping concepts: Iron and Steel Industry, Industrial Location Theory, Weber Model

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