Question

Topographic survey maps extensively use conventional signs and symbols to represent a large number of features. Identify some of the features that are typically represented.

• A. Irrigation features
• B. Transport and communication features
• C. Drainage features
• D. Soil types

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

Drainage features

Topographical survey maps extensively use conventional signs and symbols to represent a large number of features, which include man-made features like settlements, monuments and buildings; drainage features like rivers and streams, boundaries; transport and communication features such as roadways, railways, and telephone lines; irrigation features; vegetation and much more.