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CONVENTIONAL
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS Blue – Water bodies Green – Vegetation( Forestry) Red – Man made features; Northings and Eastings Brown – Contours, Relief Features Yellow – Cultivated Land White – Uncultivated Land(livestock rearing) Black – Miscellaneous features, writing names, etc. GROUPS OF SYMBOLS • Political boundaries • Modes of transport • Water bodies and Modes of irrigation • Settlements and civic facilities • Vegetation • Miscellaneous features • Heights • Relief features POLITICAL BOUNDARIES Political boundaries State boundary
District boundary
Tehsil / Taluka boundary
MODES OF TRANSPORT Modes of Transport Meter Gauge Railway
Metalled Road
Unmetalled Road Modes of Transport Cart Track
Pack Track
Foot Path WATER BODIES Water bodies Perennial Stream
Dry river with sediment
Dry river with sediment
and perennial channel Water bodies Spring
Dry / seasonal stream
Perennial Lake
Dry / Seasonal Tank
Modes of irrigation (Dry) tank with embankment, Natural/Man-made Dam
Canal Modes of irrigation Perennial lined well
Perennial Unlined well
Tubewell
Perennial lined well with
brackish water Brackish SETTLEMENTS AND CIVIC FEATURES Settlements Permanent Hut
Temporary / Abandoned hut
Nucleated Settlement
Dispersed settlement Places of Worship Temple
Tomb / Chhatri Public Service Places-People are employed in Govt. departments Post Office PO
Post and Telegraph Office PTO
Dispensary Dispensary
Police Station PS
Police Chowky Police Chowky
Government Buildings Dak Bungalow DB
Inspection Bungalow IB
Circuit house CH
Rest House RH VEGETATION Vegetation Man MadeTree
Dense Jungle Dense Jungle
Fairly dense mixed jungle Fair dense mixed Jungle
Open Mixed Jungle Open Mixed Jungle
Open Scrub Open Scrub
MISCELLANEOUS Miscellaneous Man Made Features Telephone Line Self explanatory
Causeway Raised road over a dry
stream
Fire Line A clearing in the forest by
felling trees over a width of 15 m to prevent forest fires from spreading Piao Place where drinking Piao water is available Miscellaneous man made features Causeway
Fire Line
Piao Miscellaneous Man Made Features Lime Kiln Place where lime is manufactured
Brick Kiln Place where bricks are
made
Stone Quarry Stone mine .Stone quarry
Miscellaneous Relief Features Sand Dune Small hill of mud
Depression Erosional Feature due to
wind erosion
Broken Ground Feature formed along the river
( Black Curved bank as a result of soil erosion due to alternating dry and wet Lines) seasons Miscellaneous Relief Features Rock Outcrop Exposed Bedrocks Rock Outcrop
Sheet Rock Exposed Bedrock, Sheet Rock
sedimentary in nature
Stoney Waste / Exposed Bedrock, under
Gravel Waste intense Weathering Miscellaneous Relief Features Road Cutting Made to pass the road
Miscelleneous Features Name Meaning Annual Fair Presence of Cottage based industries Track in Bed Pack track gives way to dry stream for sometime Mode of transport Bullock carts used End of Presentation
