Syllabus Of F. Y. B. Sc. (Geography) Of Pune University

Title of the Course: Techniques in Physical Geography
Objectives:
7. To acquire the knowledge of various techniques in Physical Geography.
8. To enable the student to use techniques of specific maps and their geographical interpretation.
9. To acquaint the students with the weather instruments and their utility and applications in geographical phenomena.
* Batch of 15 students each & 4 periods per batch
Section I - Maps
Unit
No.
Unit Sub Unit No. of
periods
1 Maps a. Definition, elements of map, scale, direction, projection,
conventional signs and symbols.
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2 Toposheets c. Introduction to toposheets, marginal information, grid
reference, conventional signs and symbols (SOI).
d. Types of toposheet/Indexing of toposheets
a. 1: 1000000/Million sheet
b. 1:250000/Degree sheet/Quarter inch sheet
c. 1:100000/Half inch sheet
d. 1:50000/One inch sheet
e. 1:25000
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3 Map Scales g. Definition and types- Verbal Scale (VS), Representative
Fraction (RF), graphical
h. Conversion of scale- VS into RF and RF into VS (Minimum 4
examples each)
c. Exercise on simple graphical scale (Minimum 4 exercises)
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