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Directions

The sun rises in the East. If you stand facing the rising sun :
u The East is to your front.

u The West is to your back.

u The North is to your left.

u The South is to your right. East South
South
East
North
North
On a Map West
West
North
u The North is to the top. A F G H A N I S T A N JAMMU North
&
KASHMIR
Ladakh
u The South is to the bottom. SRINAGAR Leh
HIMACHAL C H I N A
u The East is to the right. PUNJAB SHIMLA TIBET
PRADESH
CHANDIGARH UTTARAKHAND
NA DEHRADUN
P A K I S T A N ARYA
u The West is to the left. H DELHI SIKKIM ARU A H L
N C A
A E H
R D S
R A J A S T H A N UTTAR N E P A L GANGTOK BHUTAN ITANAGAR P
JAIPUR PRADESH
ASSAM NAGALAND
DISPUR
LUCKNOW KOHIMA
PATNA SHILLONG
MANIPUR
B I H A R MEGHALAYA IMPHAL
RK AND BANGLADESH
H
AGARTALA
GANDHINAGAR H AIZAWL
MADHYA WEST TRIPURATRIPURA
G U J A R A T MIZORAM
BHOPAL PRADESH TT SG RH J A RANCHI BENGAL
A
Westest HHA I KOLKATA East
W
East
Daman C
Daman
Know It! (D&D) SILVASSA M A H A R A S H T R A RAIPUR O D I S H A MYANMAR
(D&D)
DIU
(D&D) D &NHD &NH
BHUBANESWAR
MUMBAI
v A compass is an
HYDERABAD
A R A B I A N S E A A B AY O F B E N G A L
instrument to know A K A T EL NGAN ADESH
A
D R PR
directions. Its needle PANAJI R N A T A N H A
GOA
K A
always points to the BENGALURU CHENNAI
A D U
North. K L N I PORT BLAIR
LA
T I A M ( NDIA ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
KAVARATTI E R A L A ) ANDAMAN
KSHADW
(INDIA)
SEA
EEP
THIRUVANANTHAPURAMANANTHAPURAM
THIRUV
Gulf
of
Mannar
KANYAKUMARIAKUMARI
KANY
S R I
L A N K A
South
Not to scale I N D I A N South O C E A N
Facts
• We can study the earth with the help of models and features.
• A globe is a model of the earth.
• A map is like a drawing on a flat surface.
• A map can show the whole or a part of the earth.
• There are five oceans and seven continents in the world.
• The four directions are : East, West, North and South.
The Earth : Models and Features 11