The study of geography is often broken into different subcategories, mainly those of Human Geography<\/a><\/em> and Physical Geography<\/a><\/em>. Each of those have multiple subgroups as well, and we will investigate those in later posts. In this article, we are going to explore map symbols more generally, and then look at some vocabulary of Physical Geography – the study of natural features<\/em><\/strong>. One of our other posts discusses Arches National Park<\/a>, a place rich in features of Physical Geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The image below shows map symbols for many of the natural features in our word cloud below. These symbols were from a time when all maps were drawn by hand. Centuries ago, many people could not read, so map symbols were a great way to make it obvious what someone looking at a map could expect to find in certain areas. A legend is a key part of any good map !<\/p>
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