Assam HS Higher Secondary Geography case studies
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Geography at the Assam HS Final Examination is a +2 (Class XII) subject examined under the higher secondary division of the Assam State School Education Board. The Assam State School Education Board Act, 2024 (Assam Act No. The Assam HS Higher Secondary Geography case studies are 5 cases and about 2,587 words.
1Bank retreat at a Brahmaputra village bend
At a village on the south bank of the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh district, a 2.4 km embankment built in 2008 protects 380 households and 210 ha of paddy land. Survey stakes show that since 2015 the bank has retreated 12–18 m each year at the village bend, while a reach 3 km downstream has widened by about 90 m.
461 words, about 2 min2Frost risk and site choice in an upper Assam tea estate
Three sections of a tea estate in upper Assam are being considered for 40 ha of frost-sensitive clonal bushes. The riverside flat lies at 78 m, the mid-slope at 95 m and the ridge at 125 m.
544 words, about 3 min3A char village facing erosion and relocation
A char village in Barpeta district stands on a sandbar about 6 km long and 1.2 km wide. A household survey of 410 households (2,300 people) finds that 58% are landless, 70% depend on daily wage work and fishing, and 22% have at least one adult male who has migrated out.
514 words, about 3 min4Choosing a tea factory site under perishability and flood constraints
A tea growers’ cooperative must choose one of three sites for a new factory handling 8,000 kg of green leaf per day at peak. Garden A is 9 km from Site X on a national highway, 22 km from Site Y (18 km fair-weather road plus 4 km highway) and 30 km from Site Z on a road closed for about 20 days each monsoon.
554 words, about 3 min5Field survey of a beel: transect data and an embankment inlet
Class XII students survey a beel (wetland) near Nagaon. Along a north–south transect they record: north shore, elevation 62.4 m, water depth 0.8 m, paddy; middle-north, 61.8 m, 1.6 m, fishing; centre, 61.2 m, 2.3 m, open water; middle-south, 62.1 m, 0.5 m, reed bed.
514 words, about 3 min