This is an old moonshine flume located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. They say a picture is worth a thousands words...this picture tells volumes about the human characteristic of this place.
 

Human characteristics can be defined by the culture of a place.  Language, clothing, architectural styles, governmental ideologies, routes of transportation, communication networks, and the choices people make for business and livelihood all influence the human characteristics and character of the PLACE.

Languages, as well as religious and political ideologies, help shape the character of a place. Studied together, the physical and human characteristics of places provide clues to help students understand the nature of places on the earth.  People interact with other people, places, and things almost every day of their lives. They travel from one place to another; they communicate with each other; and they rely upon products, information, and ideas that come from beyond their immediate environment.