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प्रश्न
Name the features shown in blue, green, and brown colours on a map.
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उत्तर
- Blue: Depicts all perennial water bodies such as rivers, streams, wells, tanks, ponds, lakes, seas, oceans, and canals.
- Green: Shows all vegetation and forested areas, including woodlands, orchards, scattered trees, and scrubs. On some general physical maps, green is also used to represent lowlands or plains.
- Brown: Is used for landforms and relief features. This includes hills, mountains, plateaus, sandhills, sand dunes, stony waste, and barren rocky areas.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
If maps were only black and white, will they be difficult to read?
Using colours and symbols is an intelligent way of providing information. It helps cartographers to make beautiful and easy-to-read maps.
Can you think of a situation where you can use this method in your day-to-day life?
Fill in the blank
The colour ____________ is used to show barren land on topographical sheets.
Fill in the blank
The colour yellow is used to show ______________ on topographical sheets.
What are topographical maps?
What do you understand by settlements?
Distinguish between a temporary settlement and a permanent settlement.
How can the occupation of people be inferred directly from a topographical sheet?
Draw a sketch map of your neighborhood using different colours for different areas, for example, red for residential areas, green for parks and playgrounds, and yellow for commercial areas. Use symbols to mark out roads and special places like temples, post offices, old monuments, or railway stations. Make a proper key for it.
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Camping Ground | (i)  |
| 2. Seasonal streams |
(ii) |
| 3. Palms | (iii)  |
| 4. River | (iv)  |
| 5. Footpath | (v)  |
