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Map Reading and Interpretation

Question

Study the map extract of Busia sheet 101/1 provided and use it to answer following questions.
(a) i) Identify two man made features found in grid square 3628.
ii)Measure the distance of Provincial boundary from Odiodo Hill to the bend at grid reference 3429 giving your answer in km.
iii) Give the magnetic declination when the map was taken.
(b) i) Calculate the bearing and direction of Odiado Hill from Air photo Principal point at grid square 2539.
ii)Citing evidence from the map give two economic activities carried out in the area covered.
(c) i)Give 3 types of vegetation shown in the map.
ii) Describe the relief of the area covered by the map.
(d) i) Give the Longitudinal extent extent of the area covered by the map.
ii) Give the two types of scales represented by the map.
iii) Give two drainage features shown in the map.

Answer

(a) i)

- Murram road
- School
- Main Tracks (Motorable)
- Settlement/sega mission


ii) Distance 7.3 km
iii) 2°21’
(b) i) 1 ± 150°N

ii) (Crop) Farming – cotton store grid square 2731
Trading – presence of markets


(c)

i) - Thicket
- Scrub
- Papyrus swamp
- Riverine trees
- Tree swamp
- Woodland
- Scattered trees


ii) - There are many river valleys
- The main relief features are hills
- There are many hills
- The highest point is 1568 m
- The lowest point is 1160 m
- The north west part of the map is gentle evidenced by widely spaced contours and swamps
- The north East part of the map is gentle evidenced by widely spaced contours and swamps
- The South west part of the map is steep evidenced by closely packed contours
- The South East part of the map is gentle evidenced by widely spaced contours and swamps
- The land slope from north to south


iii) - Contour lines
- Form lines
- Trigonometrical stations


(d)

i) From 34°05'to 34°15'
ii) - Linear scale
- Representative scale
iii) - Seasonal swamp
- Rivers
- Dam