التمثيل التقليدي للمظاهر الارضية في محافظة ديالى

Abstract

The subject of research is concerned with the importance of representing the ground appearance, as the study relied on the use of traditional methods of representation, which is based on the use of the details of the ground appearance fully while dealing with the property of design and perception, and do not forget to focus on visual variables. These methods are then tested to arrive at the most perceptive and acceptable maps.    Diyala Governorate is located in the eastern part of central Iraq and from the provinces that have international borders, bordered to the west by the provinces of Baghdad and Salah al-Din, to the north by the province of Sulaymaniyah and part of the province of Salah al-Din, to the south by Wasit province and to the east by Iran, and it extends between latitudes (3.33_35.6) north, and longitude (44.22_46.00) east.   Therefore, the researcher relied on the inductive method, the technical approach and the cartographic analytical method, in order to achieve the goal of the study. The study found that the traditional methods in the production of maps of the ground appearance have many positive points, including the inclusion of all ground features, whether with regard to the water network, contour lines, soils and geology, heights and land units, and the study proved that there is a discrepancy..