The physical geography of an area is important to the mates and bounds survey system because this

Question

survey system required.
a. a navigable river as a boundary that would give free acces to vary forivrigation and transportation to every landowner
b. Flood plains on which as orderly linear pattern provided all landowners with the same number of acres and access to groundwater.
c. Features of the natural landscape such as rivers, streams, trees, and boulders that could be used to define the property boundary.
d. flat plains over which a grid could be laid over the landscape and then divided into square shaped townships with 6-mile sides.
e. extensive areas of unforested land so that surveyors could lay out straight lines for roads prior to dividing up the land for agriculture.

Answer 1

c. Features of the natural landscape such as rivers, streams, trees, and boulders that could be used to define the property boundary.