Unit III: Interpretation of Topographical Sheets
Arrangement, identification and interpretation of topographical sheets of India; Delineation of
drainage basin and its geographical significance; Profile: Transverse and longitudinal;
Drainage network analysis: Linear and areal properties; Relationship between stream order,
number and length.
Unit IV: Analysis of Drainage Basin
Relief aspect of drainage basin: (i) area-height curve, (ii) Altimetric frequency curve, (iii)
Hypsographic curve, (iv) Hypsometric integral curve and (v) Clinographic curve. Development
of slope and various methods of its analysis (Wentworth and Smith’s method).