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round home is on Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya in Africa. Round
houses can stand up to harsh winds that blow off the ocean. If the
wind met a square house, it would push against the straight walls.
But when the wind meets a round house, it travels along the outside
and moves away. |
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This trailer is
parked at the edge of a pasture where sheep are grazing. A shepherd
lives inside the trailer. He can move his home when his flock needs
fresh grass. |
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Summer temperatures
can soar above 130 degrees Fahrenheit in Coober Pedy, Australia.
Coober Pedy is a mining town. Miners make underground homes for their
families because it’s cooler under the ground. |
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In Venice, Italy,
tall homes stand side by side along the canals. When the tide rises,
the canals fill with seawater. People can stay dry living on the
upper floors of these homes. |
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It’s difficult to
bring housing materials to places that don’t have roads. Here, people
have cut down trees on their wilderness land in Alaska. They’ve used
the logs to build this one-room log cabin. |
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Cities around the
world have large numbers of people living in them. Sometimes a business
will share a building with families. This apartment in Havana, Cuba,
sits above a neighborhood market. |
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