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what are the advantages and disadvantages of water transport (5Marks)​

Answer 1

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of water transport? [5Marks]

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→Water Transport is of Two types:-

1.Pipelines

2.Water-ways

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→We Use Pipelines for Easily Transporting Water,Now we Even use it for transporting Crude Oil,Petroleum&Natural Gas,or Basically we use it for transporting any Liquid Substance,One Advantage is also that its a Favourable form Of transportation,I.e:- Its Construction cost is High↑ and Maintanence Cost is Low↓.

→India's 3Major Pipelines Include:-

★ Assam→Kanpur

★ Gujarat→Punjab

Gujarat→Punjab★ Gujarat→U.P [U.P=Uttar Pradesh]

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→In India, Water Ways Are widely used because it carries most of the Bulky/Heavy weight substances, And is Eco-Friendly and its Fuel-Efficiency is Great, Due to which it makes it Easier To Travel with Loads from 1 Place to Another.

→India's 3Major Ports are:-

★ Alahabad→Haldia [Through Ganga River]

★ Sadia→Dhubri [Through Brahmaputra River]

★ The Internal waterways of Kerala Cities.

μ. These Water-Ways are Mainly of 2 Types:-

1.Inland

2.Overseas

•Inland:-

→These Include those Water-ways which are used to transport goods internally within the Cities/Countries, Like using ganga, BrahmaPutra rivers etc.

•Overseas:-

→These Include those Water-Ways which are used to travel from A coastal area of A Country to other coastal areas of different countries,This is also known as International Water-Ways or Overseas Water-Ways.

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Answer 2

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★ What is water transportation? ★

→ It is the process of moving people, goods or some other resources by ship, boat , sailboat over a sea, ocean , lake , canal from one place to another

★ There are two types of water ways★

• Sea routes:- These routes are widely used for the transportation of goods internationally i.e from one country to another.

• Major sea routes of India are Mumbai, Surat, Vishakapatnam etc. Globally, Singapore, Newyork etc.

• Inland Waterways :- These Waterways include rivers, canals, backwater etc which are navigable.

• Some major inland waterways in India are Ganga Bhramaputra river system, rivers of Goa, backwaters of Kerala etc. Globally lakes of North America, Suez Canal, Nile river etc .

★ Advantages of water transportation★

• Water transports carry much larger quantities of heavy and bulky goods such as coal, and, timber etc.

• This mode of transportation is fuel-efficient and also environment-friendly mode of transport.

★ Disadvantages ★

• This mode of transportation much more slower than Road transportation or Air transportation.

• Water transportation is also unsuitable for short distance journeys, due to being costly and time-consuming.

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