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1. • UNIT -7
• MEANING
• TYPES OF TRANSPORT

2. MEANING
 Transport is the means by which
movements of humans, animals
and goods from one place to
another.

3. TYPES OF TRANSPORT
Roadways
Waterways
Railways
Airways

4. ROADWAYS
 Roadways commonly used mean of
transport are the roads, especially for short
distance like cars, bus etc.
 Roads can be metalled (pucca) and
unmetalled (Kutcha).
 Roads are the mean to link the rural and
urban place across the country.
 There are state highway and district roads
which connects all cities and towns.

6. WATERWAYS
 Waterways are the oldest and the cheapest
mean of transport to carry heavy goods
from one country to other country.
 Waterways are mainly of two types:-
 Inland Waterways
 Sea route/ Oceanic routes

8. INLAND WATETRWAYS
 Inland waterways are any of the water
(as lake, canals, rivers etc.) Within the
territory of a state.{as contrasted with
the open sea or marginal} which may or
may not be connected to the Ocean.

10. SEA ROUTES
Sea routes are connected with
ports. Some of the important
ports of the world.
Eg:- Visakhapatnam, Chennai
and Mumbai

12. RAILWAYS
 Railways is the fastest and cheapest
means of land transport. Diesel and
electric engines have the largely
replaced the steam engine. Electric
engines are fast and eco-friendly
and don’t pollution.

14. AIRWAYS
 Airways is the fastest and most comfortable means of
transport and also the most expensive due to the cost of
fuels.
 Air traffic is adversely affected by bad weather like fog
and storms etc.
 It is the only mode of transport to reach the most remote
and distance areas especially where there are no roads and
railways etc.
Eg:-Helicopter are extremely useful in most
inaccessible areas and in time of calamities for receiving
people and distribution of foods, cloths etc.

16. TYPES OF AIRWAYS
Domestic Airways
 International Airways

17. DOMESTIC &
INTERNATIONAL
AIRWAYS
 Domestic Airways fly within the
boundaries of a country.
Eg:- Port Blair to Chennai
 International fly abroad and
connects major cities of the world.
Eg:- Kochi to Saudi