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Question
Answer the following question in brief.
Name the features that are shown in blue, green, and brown colours on a map.
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Solution
- Blue : water bodies such as oceans, seas, bays, gulfs, lakes, rivers, streams.
- Green : lowlands or plains, both coastal and those built by rivers.
- Brown : hills, mountains, plateaus.
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