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Why Are Directions on a Map Important?

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Why are directions on a map important?

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Since mapping is primarily a science of whereabouts a student of geography should, therefore, be familiar with directions and also the methods of finding out directions on different occasions and in various circumstances.

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संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Name two natural features in 0527.


Give the six figure grid reference of lined well near Chekhla.


What is the compass direction of Antroli (9576) and Chelkha (9281) from Sangla?


What are ‘National Grid Reference’?


What is a “Topographical Map”?


(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 a summary of dimension and scale of topographical maps.


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

(a) 
(i) Give the four figure grid reference of the settlement of Hamirpura.
(ii) Give the six figure grid reference of the temple in the settlement of Jolpur.

(b) 
(i) What does the blue coloured circle in the grid square 0619 represent?
(ii) What is the compass direction of Dantrai from Jolpur?

(c) What is the difference between the:
(i) Pattern of settlements in 0725 and the settlement of Idarla?
(ii) Drainage pattern of the streams in 0624 and those in 0824?

(d) 
(i) What is the value of the contour line in square 0226?
(ii) What is the contour interval in the map?

(e) Mention any two factors which provide evidence that the region in the map extract is a rural region.

(f) 
(i) How does the feature, indicated by the black curves in 0721, show that rainfall in this region is seasonal?
(ii) Mention one man-made feature in the map which also provides evidence that the rainfall is seasonal.

(g)
(i) Name two natural features in 0527.
(ii) Name two manmade features in 0325.

(h) Name two features which make Dantrai a more important settlement than the other settlements in the map extract.

(i) Calculate the area of the region which lies to the south of northing 21 in square kilometres.

(j)  What are the following?

(i) The black vertical line between eastings 09 and 10.
(ii) 302 in grid square 0425.


Study the extract of the Survey of India Map Sheet No. 45 D/7 (A and B) and answer the following questions.

(a) Give the six figure grid reference of
(i) ∆ 277 (→) (ii) Lime kiln near Rampura (→) (iii) Stony waste (→).

(b) (i) What does the blue line in the Sipu river indicate?
(ii) In which village do you see the nodal function 7 What do you mean by this?

(c) (i) What does the black lines along the streams in the grid square 9199 indicate?
(ii) How are these features formed?
(iii) What type of region is shown in grid square 8696?

(d) Give the six-figure grid reference of the following:
(i) Lime Kiln near village Panswala.
(ii) Well with water near village Gonodara.
(iii) Dry tank near village Mohudi Moti.

(e) (i) What is the direction of the flow of Sipu river?
(ii) State why does it flow in this particular direction?

(f) Mention three natural features in the grid square 8998.
(g) 
(i) What is the meaning of the term open scrub printed on the map.
(ii) How do you get an idea of the general nature of the slope in this area?


Study the extract for topographical sheet 63K/12 shown in the figure below and answer the following questions.

  1. Give the height of the highest point on the map.
  2. River Jamtihwa Nadi is flowing through which quarter of the map?
  3. Which is the major settlement located in the east of the Kuardari Nala?
  4. What type of settlement does the area have?
  5. Name the geographical feature represented by white patches in the middle of Sipu Nadi.
  6. Name the two types of vegetation shown on part of the topographical sheet.
  7. What is the direction of the flow of the Kuardari?
  8. In which part of the sheet area is Lower Khajuri Dam located?

R. F. 1: 50,000
Part of the Topographical Sheet No 63K/12


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