brhectorsgeoworld: MAPS FOR PRACTICE - QUESTION 6

brhectorsgeoworld: MAPS FOR PRACTICE - QUESTION 6

Most of the lessons are not available anymore

Hi,

As I had said earlier, most of the lessons in geography are not available in the blog anymore. For example, the lessons on toposheets, maps, agriculture, physical features, location , climate, ..... are not availabe anymore. By the end of December, geoblog is not available for the viewers.The purpose of this blog was to interact with each other but I have not got expected response from the viewers. Thank you

Map Work Questions

Dear Student,
Map work in ICSE exam carries 10 marks. So please locate the following places, rivers, ranges, areas of soil, minerals etc. Keep outline map of India with you.

RIVERS:

1. River Indus
2. Rover Jhelum
3. River Chenab
4. River Ravi
5. River Sutlej
6. River Beas

The above rivers are part of River Indus system.

1. River Ganga

2.river Yamuna (tributary of Ganga)

3. River Chambal (tributary of Yamuna)

4. River Betwa (tributary of Yamuna)

5.River Son (tributary of Ganga)

6.River Damodar ( tributary of Ganga) (Chambal, Betwea, Son. Damodar rise at the ege of Peninsular Plateau and join Ganga on right bank

7. River Gomti

8.River Ghaghara

9.River Gandak

10. River Kosi --- all these tributaries of Ganga which join Ganga on left bank

1. River Brahamaputra

West Flowing Rivers

1. River Narmada

2. River Tapi

East Flowing rivers (in order from north to south)

1. River Mahanadi

2. River Godavari

3. River Krishna and its tributaries River Bhima and River Tungabhadra

4. River Kaveri

MOUNTAINS

(USE SECOND OUTLINE MAP )

1. Chagai Hills

2. Hindukush Mt

3. Karakoram Range

4. Aravalli Range

5. Sulaiman Mt

6. Kirthar Mt

7. Mt Godwin Austin (mark triangle )

8. Bolan Pass (use the symbol of pass)

9. Khyber Pass (use the symbol of pass)

10. Mt Everest (mark triangle)

11. Kanchanjunga (mark triangle)

12. Vindhyas

13. Satpura Mts

14. Maikala Range

15. Chota Nagpur Hills

16. Mahabaleshwar (use triangle)

17. Western Ghats

18. Palghat Pass

19. Annamalai Hills

20. Cardamom Hills

21. Nilgiri Hills

22. Eastern Ghats

23. Rajmahal Hills

24. Himalayas

25. Garo Hills (in Meghalaya)

26. Khasi Hills (in Meghalaya)

27. Jainthia Hills (in Meghalaya)

28. Shiwalik Hills

29. Chittagong Hills

PLATEAUS

Do you want to learn toposheets online?(Free service)

Hello,

Since many have asked me to explain toposheets thru gtalk. So if u want me to explain or teach the lesson through gtalk, plz mail to brhector21@gmail.com . Add me in your gtalk, so that when i'm online, u can ask questions. Do go through the blog once. I'm online from 6p.m. to 12 p.m and sometimes i'm online even in the morning. You can fix a time beforehand too. take care and enjoy geography.

With love and prayers,

Br Hector

10D6 MAPS FOR PRACTICE - QUESTION 6

QUESTION 6

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10D5 MAPS FOR PRACTICE - QUESTION 5

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10D4 MAPS FOR PRACTICE - QUESTION 4

QUESTION 4

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10D3 MAP FOR PRACTICE-QUESTION 3

Hello Friends,

Only few days are left for the publication of this blog. So decided to upload few maps. I'm not expert in computers and so its an humble attempt to present the maps of South Asian nations. Hope you will benefit from it.

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10D2 MAP FOR PRACTICE - QUESTION 2

QUESTION 2

a. A region of North India receiving winter rainfall

b. Malabar Coast

c. Maikala Range

d. Suliaman range

e. Coramandal Coast

f. Patkai Bum

g. River Tungabhadra

h. Malwa Plateau

i. Coffee producing region of India

j. Kunlun Mts

10D8 MAPS FOR PRACTICE - QUESTION 1

MAP 1

A. RIVER KAVERI

B. NAMCHA BARWA

C. MARK AND NAME THE CAPITAL CITY OF PAKISTAN

D. DHAKA

E. SHADE AND LABEL THE KHASI HILLS

F. KATHIAWAR PENINSULA

G. GULF OF MANNAR

H. DIRECTION OF SUMMER MONSOON OVER SRI LANKA

I. A REGION OF RED SOIL

J. THE SUNDERBANS

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A6-IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS ON TOPOSHEETS

IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS FROM TOPO MAPS

REPRESENTATIVE FRACTION (RF): It is the ratio between the distances on the map to its corresponding distance on actual ground. The RF on this map is 1:50,000.

2. SCALE : Scale is the ratio between the distance of any two points on the map and the actual distance of the same points on the ground.
The scale of the given map extract is 2 cm: 1 km or 1:50,000.

3. CONTOUR: Contours are imaginary lines drawn on maps, joining all places with the same height above sea level.

4. CONTOUR INTERVAL: The interval between two consecutive contours is called contour interval (*it is a constant 20 mts in your toposheets.)

5. INDEX CONTOUR: Contour lines are thickened at regular intervals to make it easier to read contours. For example at every 100 mts the contour line is made darker. The darker lines are called Index Contours.

6. TRIANGULATED HEIGHT: It is the height of a place which has been calculated using trigonometry, represented by a small triangle e.g. - 540

7. SPOT HEIGHT: The height of random places between contours shown with a dot. Eg - .425

8. BENCH MARK - Height of a place actually marked on a stone pillar, rock or shown on a building as a permanent reference. It is written as BM 200 m.

9. RELATIVE HEIGHT: Relative height is the height of a feature with reference to the height of the surrounding land and NOT to sea level.
It is represented by the height with a small ‘r’ eg –12r.

10. ROCK OUTCROP: It is a portion of rock jutting above the surface of the earth.

11. SHEET ROCK: Large areas of rock where the overlying soil layers have been eroded and removed due to mechanical weathering.

9 STONY WASTE : A large area usually in arid/semi arid regions where the finer sand/soil has blown away leaving a surface covered with boulders, stones and pebbles.

10. BROKEN GROUND: A relief feature found mostly in dry regions around rivers and streams. It is land around river, which is totally
weathered (exfoliated) due to alternate cooling and heating.

11. FIRELINE: A cleared pathway in a forest to prevent the spread of forest fires.

12. MIXED FOREST: A forest with more than two varieties of trees growing in close proximity to each other.

13. OPEN JUNGLE: A forest where trees are widely scattered.

14. DENSE JUNGLE. : A forest where trees grow very close to each other.

15. OPEN SCRUB: Scrub is a vegetation found in regions with less than
100 cms of rainfall. Therefore it indicates a dry region.

16. BRACKISH: It is a well, which has water with very high salt content – generally unfit for drinking purposes.

17. CAUSEWAY: It is a raised road over a small water body. (Usually a road used only in the non rainy months.}

18. CUTTING: A portion of land, which has been cut in order to make land available for transport routes. (it is indicative of a rocky region)

19. EMBANKMENT: They are raised rock or soil filled constructions on which roads/railway tracks are built. Also made near tanks and rivers to prevent flooding.

20. FORM LINES: Form lines are contour lines, but show only approximate heights above sea level as they are used to indicate the elevations of the area which are not accessible for proper survey. Hence they are drawn as broken lines and are called 'form lines'.

21. Q.C. Q.D., OC, OD,PQ, ETC / NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE/: These are alphabetical codes used in the survey map as their subdivisions which  represent the biggest grid sq. of 10,000 square kms.
The Govt of India has adopted metric system for all measurements. All the ordnance survey maps issued by the Survey of India were drawn to the scale 2 cm = 1 km. In this system , the surveyed territory is divided into 100km X 100 km squares, and each square is denoted by English alphabets. for example, OC, OD, PQ, PG, etc . This system of map drawing is known as National Grid Reference.

22. LAYER TINTING: (colouring)
While spot heights show the height of the land, they only do so at certain points. To provide an overall image which conveyed height, a technique called layer tinting was developed. Layer tinting uses different colours (or shades) to represent different heights. It is a mapping convention for darker colours to signify greater height. When using layer tinting, green is often used for low land, yellow for higher land and brown for the highest land.
Layer tinting is most commonly found on physical maps. While layer tinting is useful, it does not show the detailed shape of the land.
23. DEPRESSION: It is a depression often found in sandy areas where the wind, having blown away the sand, leaves a hollow or a depression.
24. HACHURING: Early cartographers attempted to show surface features on maps by using the technique of hachuring. Hachures use short lines of varying thickness to show the shape and slope of the land. In accordance with this technique, the steeper the slope is, the thicker the lines are which represent it. While hachuring was initially innovative for its time, it gradually began to be replaced since the actual height of the land was not depicted.
25. LIME KILN OR BRICK KILN: These are open furnaces where limestone is purified or bricks are baked for construction purpose.
26. HILL SHADING: Hill shading resembles a light and shadow effect. Valleys and the sides of mountains appear as though they are cast in shadow. This is a visually striking method, which is ideal for providing an overall view of the relief of an area. Hill shading, however, does not show height which means that it is no more accurate than hachuring.

28. CUTTING: A cutting is an open vertical cut in high ground so that a road or a railway track can pass through.

29. MOUNDS: Mounds are small hills, just a few metres high. They are usually rounded on the top and covered with green vegetations. Sand hills in the desert and rock outcrops  in stone areas can also be termed as mounds.
 30. SYMBOL OF TELEGRAPH LINE: A telegraph line is indicated by bold and lite dots with the word telegraph or telephone written on it.

UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE TERMS

27. NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE: The Govt of India has adopted metric system for all measurements. All the ordnance survey maps issued by the Survey of India are drawn to the scale 2 cm = 1 km. In this system , the surveyed terrirory is divided into 100 km  x 100 km squares, and each square is denoted by Enlish letters

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