Transport — Geography STD 10 — Question

What are the climatic cum geographical requirement of littoral/mangrove/deltaic/ vegetation?

What is the extent of western coastal strip?

We find variety of natural vegetation in India.

Western Rajasthan receives no rain from the Arabian Sea branch of the South West Monsoon winds.

Why tall shady plants are planted around coffee plants?

Give the location of the Bhilai Steel Plant? With which country's help it was started?

What are the differences between a harbour and a port?

(i) What does 1:50,000 mean?
(ii) Which scale is it?

The road transport ministry has sanctioned around Rs 16,000 crore for construction of over 600km of the 1,748- km Frontier Highway in Arunachal Pradesh, indicating govt's priority to improve connectivity and infrastructure along the border, reports Dipak Dash. The greenfield highway (NH 913) will run close to the India-Tibet-China- Myanmar border-barely 20 km from it at several locations.
(a) Why has India decided to make this project on urgent basis?
(b) Why road transport developed better than other mode of transport in India?

State the advantages and disadvantages of inundation canals.