Geography
What Is Map ?
The earth's surface, either whole or part of it, an he represented on paper. Such a representation is called a map. To make a detailed map, we can use large sheet of paper. This large map can then be folded or rolled. Also, details of various continentals countries, city, can be put together to make a book of maps, or an atlas. The maps in an atlas wat usually more information than a large globe. Thus maps can have mare information and are enter to handle than globes.
Types Of Maps..
- Physical Maps:- These are maps which show the natural feature on the earth surface like mountains, plateaus, plains, rivers and so on...
- Political Maps:- These maps show boundaries of countries, states within the countries. They also shows the location of cities and towns..
- Thematic Maps:- Maps ca also show types of soils, forest area, the distribution of minerals and industries and so on in an area. Such as.. Based on a theme or a topic are called thematic maps.
Factors of Charts:-
Charts have three factors distance, direction, and symbol. We measure distance in terms of scale. A scale is a rate between the factual distance on the ground and the distance shown on the chart.1. To measure large areas like mainlands or countries on a paper, we use a small scale chart.
2. To show a small area like your will to city on a paper, we use a large scale chart.
Directions are cardinal points like North, South, East and West. And symbols are certain letters, shades, colors, pictures and lines, which give us information about a limited place. Various other things like sketches and plans are used to draw an area of a large scale.
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What Is Globe?
A globe is a spherical model of Earth. It gives us a three-dimensional view of the whole Earth by showing directions, distances, areas, etc. A model globe of Earth is known as a terrestrial globe...
- A globe is a three-dimensional sphere while a map is two-dimensional.
- The globe represents the whole earth, whereas a map may represent the whole earth or just a part of it.
- A globe can be used to get a broad-level picture of the world while maps provide more specific information about different places.
- A globe, being spherical in shape, spins around an axis. However, maps, are a representation on a piece of paper, does not spin.
- Globes are made of hard materials and cannot be folded making them difficult to be carried around. However, you can easily fold and carry maps all along with you.
- You can use a map for navigating from one place to another. However, globes don’t provide enough specific details to help you in navigation.
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Question For You.....
Q. How Many Types Of Maps?
Ans. Maps are of several types. They are mainly classified into:
Physical or relief maps:- These show natural features of the earth.
Political maps:- These maps show the cities, town and villages, counties and states of the world with their boundaries.
Thematic maps:- These maps focus on specific information like maps of rainfall, road, tourist places.
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