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प्रश्न
What are ‘Eastings’ and ‘Northings’?
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उत्तर
The position of a certain feature on the sheets is indicated eastward and southward. The eastward lines of the grid are known as Northings. The northward lines of the grid are known as Eastings. These have been named Eastings and Northings because they indicate distances eastward and northward respectively from the point of origin.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Name two natural features in 0325.
Name the types of drainage pattern found in grid square 9374.
Why do you find limited cultivation in the map extract? Give two reasons for your answer
What are ‘National Grid Reference’?
What is Concave Slope and Convex Slope? Explain?
(i) What is the importance of a Relief Map.
(ii) How can we show occupations by the evidences of names or by inference of relief features?
Give the meanings of the important terms used in toposheets.
Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions:
- What is the compass direction of Sunset Point from the settlement of Anadra?
- What is the pattern of drainage in grid square 2315?
- Mention any two features seen in the map extract which indicate that the region has seasonal rainfall.
- Calculate the distance, in kilometers, along the metalled road from the causeway in grid square 1715 to the distance stone marked 20 in grid square 1818.
- What advantage does a Representative Fraction have over a verbal scale?
- Give the six figure grid reference of:
- Anjini Devi ka Mandir
- D 1327.
- Name the three different kinds of roads in grid square 2411 and the one in grid square 2515.
- Mention two occupations of the people living in the northern part of the region in the map extract. Give reasons to support your answer.
- What is the difference between the slope in grid square 2115 and the one in 1811? Give a reason for your answer.
- What is the purpose of:
- the fireline in grid square 2316.
- the pipeline in grid square 2209?
- What do the following represent?
- The red square in grid square 2514.
- 4r in grid square 1612,
- Abu is a popular holiday resort. Mention any three features seen in the map extract which attract holidaymakers to Abu.
Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions:
(a) Give the six figure grid reference of:
(i) The temple in village Dhavli
(ii) ∆ 480
(b) What do the following indicate?
(i) 6r in grid square 1903
(ii) The word Brackish in grid square 1403.
(c)
(i) In grid square 1909, several contours merge at one point. What does this represent?
(ii) State the significance of the red dotted lines in the map extract.
(d) Name the type of rainfall experienced in the region shown in the map extract. Give a reason to support your answer.
(e) How does the drainage pattern in grid square 1606 differ from the drainage pattern in grid square 1708?
(f)
(i) What is the pattern of settlement in grid square 1904?
(ii) Name the settlement that has a post office.
(g) Name two landforms represented by the pattern of contours in grid square 1608.
(h) Calculate the ground distance in kilometres along the metalled road between the causeway in 1502 and the distance stone marked ’14’ in grid square 1203.
(i) State two reasons for the absence of human habitation in the north eastern region of the map extract.
(j)
(i) Mention the difference in height between the highest spot height in the map extract and the contour height in grid square 1006.
(ii) What is the compass direction of Patlawa ka Goliya (590.) from Kacholi Dunga (443.)?
If you are interpreting the cultural features from a topographical sheet, what information would you like to seek and how would you derive this information? Discuss with the help of suitable examples.
