Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.9 World regional geography: features, resources and places

3.9.8 World industrial regions and major industrial cities

Major industrial regions grew in temperate lands near coal fields and ports (NE USA, NW Europe, Japan, eastern China); newer high-technology clusters (technopoles) depend on universities and skilled people instead, and trans-continental railways and ports tie these regions to raw materials and markets.

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Key terms

  • industrial location
  • Weber
  • Manufacturing Belt
  • Pittsburgh
  • Detroit
  • Ruhr
  • Lancashire
  • Manchester
  • Osaka
  • Keihin
  • Hanshin
  • Anshan
  • Silicon Valley
  • technopolis
  • Silicon Forest
  • Hsinchu
  • trans-continental railways
  • Trans-Siberian
  • Canadian Pacific
  • Union Pacific
  • Orient Express
  • Trans-Andean
  • Benguela
  • ports
  • entrepot
  • out port
  • packet station
  • Visakhapatnam

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