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Give geographical reason. Weight-losing industries located near raw material. - Geography

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Give geographical reason.

Weight-losing industries located near raw material.

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उत्तर

  1. The place where conversion of products obtained from primary activities into final products takes place, is called ‘factory’.
  2. To set up an industry, one needs raw material and that has to be transported from somewhere.
  3. The characteristics of the raw material and also the finished product affect the location of industries.
  4. Weight-losing industries are industries where the raw materials are relatively bulky, but the resulting product is relatively lighter.
  5. For example, sugar industries need sugarcane.
  6. Sugarcane loses weight and amount of sugar after harvesting as time after harvest increases.
  7. Sugar industries are, therefore, located near the production of raw material.
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