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GEOGRAPHY (28)
37.Ports derive much of their importance from (a) the
character of their harboura; (b) land and sea routes;' Illustrate this. (c) the nature of their hinterland. statement with reference to the following ports: New fork, Hong Kong: Sydney.
Ine New York
Harbour New York is an important Atlantic part of the D.S.A, as it has a favourable position in facing North-West Europe. it has a splendid harbour, provided by a drowned valley. It has deep channels and a small tidal range. The waterfront is long, over 700 miles. In addition, the harbour has many.excel- lent man-made facilities e.g. piers, wharves and docks.] Land and sea routes: As New York is situated at the eastern end of the Hudson-Mohawk Gap, it has aaBy, access to the shores of the Great Lakes and the
: Interior Plain by roads, ralls, rivers or canals. ty/
is also well connected with other parts of the world. The shipping route from New York to West Europe is amor! It is also a focus of, the busiest routes in the world.
air routes. It has a large international airport - the Kennedy Airport.
Hinterland: Owing to the configuration of the river gaps to the north of the city, New York's sphere of influence extends fer inland. Its hinterland includes extensive and productive Great Lakes area and the Mississippi Basin. Thus, wheat, cotton, animal products and iron and steel goods are among the important exports of the port. As New York self is an important; industrial centre, its trade is also connected with [its own manufacturing industries.f
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Harbour: The port of Hong Kong ranke among the chiefy ports of the world. It has one of the beat harboura the world. Because it is a drowned valley, the harbour ta deep snough for all types of oceari-going: ships. The area of the harbour is large and it la, sheltered by hilla on all sides. It has easy entrance the Lyemon Pass in the east and the Sulphur Channelekt
The harbour is free of silt and the tidal range is small, about 8 feet, thus enabling ships to enter or leave it at any time. In addition, it hes, good harbour facilities. There are numerous well- eauipped wharves, docks and buoys.
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Land and sea routes: Hong Kong is well situated. It dey on the major shipping route between Japan and Surope, Australasia and S.E. Asla It is also a terminal porti for ships crossing the Pacific Ocean from the weat coast of North America, Furthermore, it in a meeting place of international air routes. Europe can be reached either via the North Pole or the Middle East. There are also direct flights to North America, Australia and to all countries in 3.B. Asia. It is well connected to its hinterland in China. It is connected to Canton by rail, and the Siktang. There is also much coastal shipping
There is between. Hong Kong and the ports of China.
Hinterlands Hong Kong has a large hinterlangi as at 19% aituated at the entrance to the Pearl River, the gateway to South China, it is an important port for South East China in normal time. This is a rich hinterland produc- ing a wide range of agricultural products e.g. silk, tea and minerala, Hong Kong's hinterland also include»» a large part of the S.E. Asta, which are off the main shipping routes and which use Hong Kong as an entrepôt port. However, mont of the trade today, is cancerned): with the import of raw materials, machines and other products for use in Hong Kong itself, and with of its own MADAS.
'Sydney.
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Harbour: Sydney la the leading Australian port, IL handles nearly, the whole of Australia's. Pacific trade.. It is situated on Port Jackson, one of the world's finest natural harbours, with an area of 22 aquare mliesy Sydney Harbour is a droied river valley, and its numerous branches have been carved by the ancient.crious: taries of the main river. These branches give 180 miles. of waterfront and provide suitable sites for wharves, There are many large port installatdone, The Captain: Cook Lock, for example, can accomodate liners up to 80.000 tons
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Land and Bea routes: Though there is no extensive navigable waterway, Sydney is well served by roads railways with its hinterland. There is a centralized network focusing on Sydney with off-shoots running west- wards across the East Highlands, The railway running from Sydney through the Blue Mountains to Bourke caters for the sheep-rearing and wheat -growing industries along lits route. There is also a railway Line running. through / the mining district around Newcastle. Coastwies naviga- jtion also persists. It is also well connected by shipp : |ing routes and air routes with overseas territories. Hinterland: Sydney has a large produative hinterland. The town of Sydney and its suburbs form a large industrial lcomplex Thus, the Liport and export trade of the part
is closely connected with its own industries. The hinter land of Sydney extends further westwards across the East' Highlands and includes the wool-wheat belt of New South | Wales. In face, the port of Sydney handles about half
Australia's wool export.
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58.(a) Describe the chief features of the climate and land)
(scape of hot_Desert.f
Hot deserte are regions which produce "insuffi-i cient rainfall to support habitation under natural conditions.' " These regions are found in the tropica, between the latitudes of 200 and 3010., in the Trade Wind belt, where the winds are folowing from cooler to water restent and are berce Increasingly
able to hold moisture These winds blaw in a general easy-to one direchton across the great Land-masses; their bsorptive capacities therefore increase
towards the west, and for this reason deserta mainl ale on the western sides of the continents.r
In the Tropics e region with less than 10
annual rainfall may be considered a desert: this thel central Sahara is a true deservebut the Kalahard in
a sent-desert. Lack of
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(vii) the vegetation has adapted itself to these i
conditions, typical features are epines, small leaves, succulent foliage, large bizibe The commonest plant in eastern Egypt, for example, is a low bush with a spherical netork of branches ending in thorney: aftery rain, leaves develop, but disappear during irought Anothen common alafit in the wadis: has a made of thicky Tleshy lobes, in which enough moisture to withstand several yeara/ of drought can be stored. Empherale are plants which exist as seeds covered with any Inhibitor during the dry period_and garminate.
The typical features of the landscape of tropicall deserts are:
(1) ·gaunt angular outlines,
(11) deeply incised gullies and wadis (111)
·andum Brances of loose debris and bouldera: lack of fine soil cover and surface water, \{v} surface of bara rock thanada), pebbles and
gravel fraguente (serir), or sand dunes org}}
(vil crescentic barchan dunes, or long, parallel
Jelf dunes.
(vii) owing to the evaporation of the rock-moisture)
rocks are often covered with a "rind" of". iron, calcium, gypsum or limestone, whichy. cement the surface particles and protect_thà] rocks from wind erosion. ́.
158,(b) Describe the modes of life and climatic features
the tundra-lands.
The word tundra Le of Lappish origin, and' denotes "cold marshy plain". Most of the tundra- lands are found within the Arctic Circle, but in places they have a southward extension to 60° or "even 550N. A typical tundra region is flat, Low
and marshy in Late spring and summer. Tundras arel (Insignificant in the Antarctic regionf
(1) Types of tundra, Although tundras have,
geveral features in common (poor drainages. only top few feet thaw out in sumimar~~ ephemeral spongy vegetation, and stunted shrubs), there are local variations,
(a) Cold desert tundra on the margins of thei
Arctic Ocean; average temperature of warmest month below 41°F, bleak rock Burfaces; vegetation only in Tavoured localitiea
grass tundra round south of the deseric tundra: average temparature of warmast,
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month, 41-50F; erctlo pastures with⠀
grasses and Lichene; great variety of flowering plants (700 species),
(e) buan tundra on ecuthern margins; severaly
apecles of stunted bushes; birth trees. grow to height of 3 feet on ice-free.
fe of South Greenland.-
(44) Climate, The above variations in the plant-
cover correspond to climatic differences, In general, the climatic conditions of the tundra are less rigorous than Le often/ believed, although temperatures may range) from: 500 to minus 50F. More extreme temperatures are found in the taiga whLORI lies south of the tundra, About three- quarters of the tundra is virtually free, 'from snow during the entire year, and ast far north as 849N, there is at least some daylight on every day of the year; the long period of twilight, however, lends a certain, gloominess to these regions.”
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(111) Modes of Tift Human" existence has adapted] itself to these rather pevere and forbidding natural conditions. Along the Arbole shores/ of Canada, the primitive Eskimp hunt seals ( (which provide food, weapons, clothing, tools, building materials, boat materiale).Conditions) ampose a nomadic existence, and the Eskimo must cover long distances in search of food. They make little use of the vegetation of the tundra. In Eurasia, on the other hand, the vegetation is used to support the herds of reindeer--the "cow of the Arctic"-- which' yields milk, meat, cheese, clothing and i ouilding materials," The qiost important herderal are the Lapps: groups in the U.S.S.H." include [the Samoyedss, Tunguses; Ostiaks Yakute Yukaghirs, Chuck chu and Yoryaks.
Questions for next week1
59. What are the factors that arrect the distribution or
population? On a map of the world show the areas of greatest and of least density,