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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs.
What are the five different elements of a map? Explain them briefly.
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उत्तर
The following are the five essential features of a map.
- Title: It indicates the subject of the map. e.g, the distribution of natural vegetation, water bodies, climate, etc.
- Scale: It denotes the relationship between map distances and actual ground distances.
- Direction: It refers to the cardinal direction, i.e., North, South, East, and West. Conventionally, a map is aligned with the North towards the top.
- Key or Legend: It explains the meaning of the symbols that are used on the map.
- Grid system: The grid system is usually formed by the cross-conjugation of the lines of longitudes and latitudes.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the correct answer
This is one of the intermediate directions.
Answer the following question in brief.
Name the features that are shown in blue, green, and brown colours on a map.
Find latitudes and longitudes:
You will need an atlas. Turn to the index pages and find the latitudes and longitudes of these Indian cities.
| Place | Latitude | Longitude |
| i. Delhi | __________ | _________ |
| ii. Kolkata | _________ | _________ |
| iii. Mumbai | _________ | _________ |
| iv. Chennai | _________ | _________ |
| v. Bengaluru | _________ | _________ |
| vi. Srinagar | _________ | _________ |
Make a clay globe in your art class and mark the major latitudes and longitudes using the following colours. Blue, green, and brown.
______ in a map which explains the different colours and symbols used in it.
Ratio between the distance on a map and distance on the ground.
In general, maps are drawn with ______ orientation.
The features of White colour in Map is ______.
The features of ______ colour in Map is Forest.
The features of ______ colour in Map is Mountain, Hill, and Contour.
