Transport and Communication
Jammu & Kashmir Board · Class 12 · Geography
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1. Core Ideas of Transport and Communication
- Transport is a service for the carriage of persons and goods from one place to another using humans, animals, and vehicles.
- Transport takes place over land, water, and air; pipelines carry materials in liquidified form.
- The principal modes of world transportation are land, water, air, and pipelines.
2. Early Land Transport and Pack Animals
- In early times, humans themselves acted as carriers.
- A bride is often carried on a palanquin or palki/doli by four persons called Kahars in north India.
- The use of the wheel made carts and wagons important.
3. Roads and Highways
- Road transport is the most economical for short distances.
- It is especially useful for door-to-door service.
- Unmetalled roads are simple but not effective in all seasons.
4. Railways and Trans-Continental Rail Routes
- Railways are a mode of land transport for bulky goods and passengers over long distances.
- Railway gauges are classified as broad, standard, metre, and smaller gauges.
- Broad gauge is more than 1.5 m.
Key Concepts
Central concept: Transport and communication as the system that connects production, consumption, trade, people, and places
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