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CONVENTIONAL

SIGNS ANDSYMBOLS

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Blue Water bodies

Green Vegetation

Red Man made features; Northings and Eastings

Brown Contours, Relief Features

Yellow Cultivated Land

White Uncultivated Land

Black

Miscellaneous features, writing names, etc.

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GROUPS OF SYMBOLS

Political boundaries

Modes of transport

Water bodies and Modes of

irrigation Settlements and civic facilities

Vegetation

Miscellaneous features Heights

Relief features

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POLITICAL

BOUNDARIES

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Political boundaries

State boundary

District boundary

Tehsil / Taluka boundary

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MODES

OF

TRANSPORT

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Modes of Transport

Meter Gauge Railway

Metalled Road

Unmetalled Road

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Modes of Transport

Cart Track

Pack Track

Foot Path

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WATERBODIES

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Water bodies

Perennial Stream

Dry river with sediment

Dry river with sediment

and perennial channel

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Water bodies

Spring

Dry / seasonal stream

Perennial Lake

Dry / Seasonal Tank

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Modes of irrigation

(Dry) tank with

embankment,

Natural/Man-made

Dam

Canal

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Modes of irrigation

Perennial lined well

Perennial Unlined well

Tubewell

Perennial lined well with

brackish water

Brackish

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SETTLEMENTS

AND

CIVIC

FEATURES

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Settlements

Permanent Hut

Temporary / Abandoned hut

Nucleated Settlement

Dispersed settlement

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Places of Worship

Temple

Tomb / Chhatri

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Public Service Places

Post Office PO

Post and Telegraph Office PTO

Dispensary Dispensary

Police Station PS

Police Chowky Police Chowky

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Government Buildings

Dak Bungalow DB

Inspection BungalowIB

Circuit house CH

Rest House RH

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VEGETATION

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Vegetation

Tree

Dense Jungle

Fairly dense mixed jungle

Open Mixed Jungle

Open Scrub Open Scrub

Fair dense mixed Jungle

Dense Jungle

Open Mixed Jungle

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MISCELLANEOUS

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Miscellaneous Man Made Features

Telephone Line Self explanatory

Causeway Small bridge built to

maintain level of road

Fire Line Clearing made to prevent

forest fires from spreading

Piao Place where drinking

water is available

Piao

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Miscellaneous Man Made Features

Lime Kiln Place where lime ismanufactured

Brick Kiln Place where bricks aremade

Stone Quarry Stone mine .Stone quarry

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Miscellaneous Relief Features

Sand Dune Small hill of mud

Depression Lowland below thegeneral level of the land

Broken Ground Feature formed along the riverbank as a result of soil erosion

due to alternating dry and wet

seasons

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Miscellaneous Relief Features

Rock Outcrop Rock protruding out onthe land surface

Rock Outcrop

Sheet Rock Outcrop of sedimentaryrock

Sheet Rock

Stoney Waste /

Gravel Waste

Weathered rock

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Miscellaneous Relief Features

Road Cutting Made to pass the road

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