Question

What are the categories of conventional signs?

Answer 1

Answer:

Conventional Signs. The common symbols including letters that are used for representing various relief and cultural features are called conventional signs.

Kinds of Conventional Signs. These are two types :

(i) Natural signs

(ii) Cultural signs.

(i) Natural signs : These signs are used for depicting the physical features of the earth's surface such as relief, vegetation and drainage etc.

(ii) Cultural signs : These signs are meant for showing man-made things on the map, such as railways, roads and human settlement etc.