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　　points about a location being considered.

　　In 1967, the Mexican government was looking for a location to create a new international tourist resort. They used location analysts to find an area that had good beaches and was easy to reach from the United States. The

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　　was Cancún, today one of the world’s most desirable vacation sites.

　　Businesses connected with natural

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　　such as forests also rely on geographers. Geographers help them understand the relationship between their business and the environment where their business is located.

　　In 1967, Cancún was a small island on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. It had white sand beaches, many birds and mangrove(红树) trees, but few people. After it was selected as a resort site, it was quickly

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　　. Today, Cancún has more than 100 hotels and 500,000 permanent residents. Many work in the tourist industry that serves the millions of visitors who come each year from all over the world.

　　Physical and Human Geography

　　Physical geographers are sometimes called earth scientists. Some study such topics as geomorphology (地形学), that is, the study of how the shape of the Earth

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　　. Others study weather and climate. Still others study water, the oceans, soils, or ecology. Jobs in these fields require

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