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What Do You Mean by ‘Marginal Information’?

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What do you mean by ‘Marginal Information’?

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Marginal Information can be obtained from the margin of the sheet. The name of the state to which the area belongs is given at the top of the sheet. The year when the area was surveyed is also mentioned. The number of the sheet is given in the right hand top comer. The direction of the magnetic variation and true north position is also given in the right hand top corner.

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Chapter 1: Interpretation of Topographical Maps - Short Questions

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Austine Vas, Hemant M. Pednekar, Vidhya Malar Geography Our Earth [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 1 Interpretation of Topographical Maps
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