The Geography of Thought

Does your surrounding geography shape your thought patterns? Would there be fundamental differences in the worldviews of, for instance, the inhabitants of Singapore, being islanders surrounded by the sea, a resident of Avignon, being a landlubber living in a wide river valley surrounded by hills and a resident of Beirut, who would see either the sea or mountains, depending on which way he turned his head?
Certainly it might affect the perception of geographical features: so that I, having lived here all these years, think of the sea as a sort of inalienable existence, whereas mountains are more incidental features of the land. Mountains may exist here, may not exist there, for various geographical reasons. But it is not possible, to my mind at some level, to conceive of the Earth without a vast sea. Someone who has stayed in the mountains deep inland all his life might well think differently. Mountains, to him, would be an essential part of life; the sea is a mere incidental curiosity.
I wonder how this could extend to other realms of thought, if it does?
At a lower level, does the view out the window affect your thought patterns? Might people who see sweeping seaviews or panoramas of the city every morning think in larger terms than those who see pretty but well-framed canal views; and how far would staring at the ventiliation shafts of the next building every day encourage cynicism and negative thoughts?