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1. Introduction

Natural resources which satisfy the material and spiritual needs of humans are the free gifts of the nature. In other words, any material or energy derived from the nature that is used by humans called a natural resource. These resources include land, water, minerals, vegetation, wildlife etc. In fact every material has some utility for human beings but its utilisation is possible on the availability of appropriate technology.

Distribution of natural resource refers to the geographic occurrence or spatial arrangement of resources on earth. In other words, where resources are located. Any one place may be rich in the resources people desire and poor in others.

 

1.1. Uneven Distribution of Resources