What is truck farming?
The regions where farmers specialise in vegetables only, the farming is known as truck farming. The distance of truck farms from the market is governed by the distance that a truck can cover overnight, hence the name truck farming.
Study the map given below and answer the questions that follow:
(13.1) Name the railway line shown on this map.
(13.2) Name the terminal station of this railway along the Atlantic Coast.
(13.3) Why is this railway line known as 'economic artery' of the country through which it passes?
Name the major seaport which was developed just after independence on the western coast of India.
'There is mutual interaction between the elements of Physical Geography and Human Geography.' Support the statement with suitable examples.
