Microsoft Word remote sensing-booklet doc

Procedures for introducing a land 
administration system 
users need determination, 
adjudication & surveying, land 
information 
2 
LIS Project Development 
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Stream 3: Geography 
1. Physical Geography 
 
Theory Weeks Practical 
Scope and Status of Physical 
Geography,  
Basic Concept and Theories  
Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics  
and  
Peneplain Concept 
01 
Drawing of World map 
showing the origin of 
continents and oceans 
Distribution of different plates 
Diagrams of peneplain 
Factors of Landform Development 
and types; Rocks and Minerals, 
Weathering and Mass Wasting: 
01 Demonstration 
of 
models 
relevant to the topics and 
diagrams to show the 
features, Identification of rocks 
and minerals 
Fluvial Morphology; 
Desert Landforms; 
Glaciers and their Topographic 
Effects 
03 Demonstration 
of 
models 
relevant to the topics and 
drawing of diagrams to 
represent the features 
Karst Topography 
01 
Drawing of diagrams and 
models 
Soil  classification and 
Development: 
01 
Drawing of soil profile 
Factors and Elements of Weather 
and Climate. 
01 
Study of weather maps 
Composition and Structure of 
Atmosphere 
01 Demonstration 
of 
model 
Horizontal and Vertical Distribution 
of Temperature 
01 
Data display and drawing of 
isotherms 
Distribution of Pressure and 
Seasonal Variations 
Wind Circulation: 
Humidity and Forms of 
Condensation 
02 Wind 
arrow, 
wind-rose 
diagram, reading of dry and 
wet bulb and calculation of 
relative humidity, identification 
of clouds and drawing of 
isohyets 
Classification of Climate 
01 
Demonstration on maps 
Origin of Oceans and Seas. 
Floor of Oceans  
Physical Characteristic of the 
Ocean Basins. 
01 
Drawing of diagrams and 
models representing the 
relevant features 
Temperature, Salinity Distribution, 
Cause and Effects. 
01 Maps 
showing 
temperature 
and salinity variations  

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Ocean Circulation: Waves, Currents 
and Tides, El-Nino, La-Nina, their 
Nature, Causes; Effects and Impact 
on Man and Environment  
01 
Distribution maps of ocean 
currents differentiating cold 
and warm currents