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Black symbols are used for rock features (for
example, boulders, cliffs and stony ground) and for linear features such
as roads, paths and fences as well as for other man-made features (for
example, ruins and buildings. | |
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Brown
symbols are used for landforms such as contour lines,
small knolls, ditches & earthbanks. | | |
Blue is used to mark water features: such as lakes, ponds, rivers,
streams and marshes. | |
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Yellow is to designate vegetation - specifically open or unforested
land.
Green is used to show vegetation that slows down the passage of an
orienteer. The darkest green areas, called "fight", are usually
impassable.
White on an orienteering map signifies forest with little or
no undergrowth - forest that an orienteer can run through.
Purple (or
red) is used to mark the orienteering course on a map. Also, this colour
is used to designate map corrections and out-of-bounds areas. | |
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