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What is Flat Land ? - Geography

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What is a Flat land?

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Land varying between 20 metres to 40 metres above sea level, is called flat land. This type of area has sufficient slope for natural drainage. This area is generally suitable for farming.

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संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Name two natural features in 0527.


Name two natural features in 0325.


Name the left bank tributary of the main river.


Name the types of drainage pattern found in grid square 9374.


Study the extract of the Survey of India Map sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions:

    1. Give the six-figure grid reference for the temple that is located to the southwest of Pithapura settlement.  (1)
    2. Give the four-figure grid reference for a settlement where people of the region meet socially and for trade at least once in year. (1)
    1. What is the pattern of drainage seen in the grid square 2118? (1)
    2. What is the pattern of settlement seen in the grid square 1923? (1)
  1. What do each of the two numbers (281 printed in black colour and 20 printed in red colour) in the grid square 1818 indicate? (2)
    1. Name any two man-made features in grid square 2419. (1)
    2. Name any two natural features in grid square 2118. (1)
  2. What is the significance of the following?
    1. Fire line in grid square 2417. (1)
    2. Water body found in grid square 2221. (1)
  3. Calculate the area of the region between 16 and 19 Eastings and 18 and 22 Northings. Give your answer in square kilometers. (2)
  4. Give a reason for each of the following:
    1. The water in some of the wells in the north-west quarter of the map is not fit for drinking. (1)
    2. The region near Anadra and Gulabgani has many causeways. (1)
    1. What is the main means of irrigation used by people living in the area shown on the map? (1)
    2. What is the main occupation of the people of the region shown on the map? (1)
  5. Which, according to you, is the most important settlement?  Give a reason to support your answer. (2)
  6. Name any two means of transport used by the people living in the area shown on the map extract. (2)

 The area is measured by grid square method?


What is a Nodal centre?


Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet No. 45D/10 and answer the following questions: (Map G)

(a) Give the four-figure grid reference of:
(i) Dadarla (ii) Bhamra

(b) Which is the largest settlement shown on the map extract? Which one communication facility is exclusively available to this settlement?

(c) What does RF stand for? State the RF of the map provided to you.

(d) What is the total area of the actual ground represented in the map extract? (Show with the help of a simple calculation)

(e) What is meant by ‘contour interval’? State the contour interval of the toposheet provided to you

(f) State the highest and the lowest spot heights found on the map extract. Also mention whether they are in metres or in feet.

(g) Give the six-figure grid reference of:
(i) Spot height 339 (ii) Permanent hut located near Dhad Talao.

(h) What, according to you is the main (i) occupation, and (ii) religion of the people of the above area?

(i) Name one ‘natural’ and one ‘man-made’ source of irrigation used in this region.

(j) Name the general mode of transportation used in this region. What special feature of this mode is mentioned in the map extract?


Write short note on ‘Marginal Information’ in Topographical sheets.


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.


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