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Maps Class 6 Notes CBSE Geography Chapter 4 [PDF]
Maps Class 6 Notes CBSE Geography Chapter 4 [PDF]
Maps:
Maps are a visual representation of the earth's surface or a portion of it on a flat
surface, drawn to a scale. One drawback of maps is that they are flat surfaces, but
the earth is round. This gives a globe an advantage over a map. Globes, on the other
hand, are only beneficial for studying the entire planet. Globes are ineffective for
studying only a portion of the planet, such as a single country or state, a district,
towns, or villages. Maps come in handy in these instances.
Atlas:
An atlas is a map book. It includes physical and political globe maps, as well as maps
of many countries, states, and regions, as well as statistical and thematic maps for
advanced learning and reference. An atlas not only aids in the location of a location
on the globe, but also allows us to learn a great deal about that location, such as its
distance from the equator, tropics, or poles, proximity to the sea, climatic conditions,
drainage system, physical features, crops grown, and neighboring countries.
Types of Maps:
Physical Maps: Relief maps are another name for physical maps. They depict the
earth's natural features, such as mountains, plains, plateaus, oceans, rivers, and so
on.
Political Maps: Political maps depict cities, towns, and villages in various countries
and states with clearly defined borders.
Thematic Maps: Thematic maps focus on a certain piece of data, such as roads,
rainfall distribution, forest distribution, industries, and so on. As a result, titles are
assigned to such maps based on the information they contain.
Distance:
1. A two-dimensional representation of the earth is a map. On a small sheet of paper,
it is a condensed version of the entire world or a portion of it. As a result, it's critical
to pay close attention to how you depict the distance between two points on a map.
This will assist us in determining the exact distance between those two locations.
3. The scale is the proportion of real distance on the ground to the distance depicted
on the map.
4. The scale aids in determining the actual distance between two spots on a map.
5. When huge areas, such as countries or continents, are depicted on a map, small
scales are used, and these maps are referred to as small-scale maps.
6. When a tiny region, such as a village or town, needs to be depicted in great detail
on a map, huge scales are used, and the maps are referred to as large-scale maps.
Direction:
1. The cardinal points are the four major directions of North, South, East, and West.
2. There are also four intermediary routes. North-east, south-east, north-west, and
south-west are the directions.
Symbols:
2. Letters, hues, colors, drawings, and dotted lines on a map are all examples of
symbols. Water bodies are depicted in blue, mountainous regions are depicted in
brown, a plateau is depicted in yellow, and plains and flora are depicted in green.
Sketch:
A sketch is a rough drawing made from memory and observation on the spot.
Sketches do not have to be drawn to scale. They are preliminary sketches of a certain
location that must be located with other areas. Sketch maps are hand-drawn sketches
that do not have a scale.
Plan:
A plan is a drawing that depicts a tiny area to a larger scale. Plans provide a wealth
of information. The length and width of the room, for example, cannot be depicted
on a map. We can use drawings created on a huge scale called a plan for this purpose.
Do you know?
1. Cartographers are professionals who create and design maps. Cartography is the
study of maps.
2. Geographers employ map projection to draw the geoid-shaped on Earth on a two-
dimensional piece of paper or cloth, which was developed in the mid-17th century.
Scales come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The statement, representative fraction,
and pictorial scales are the three types of scales.
Representative Fraction: A representative fraction is a scale with one as the
numerator and the distance of the same unit on the denominator, which represents
the distance on the actual ground.
Map Plan
Maps do not indicate dimensions such Plans, on the other hand, depict the
as the length and width of a room. length and width of a space.
Directions: Maps have four cardinal and four intermediate directions that aid in
determining one's position with another. Compasses are used to determine a
location's direction.
Symbols—When reading a map, symbols are utilized. Colors, graphics, alphabets,
numerals, and other symbols could be used.