What are some facts about political maps?

Difference Between Physical Map and Political Map

December 22, 2017, By Surbhi S 1 Comment

physical vs political map While the physical map shows the natural features of a place such as mountains, waterbodies plains, etc. The political map displays territorial features such as cities, state, countries, and their boundaries.

A map is a useful tool, which diagrammatically represents the natural or man-made features of an area of land or part thereof, on a flat surface, according to scale. The three main components of the map are distance, direction, and symbol. These are of great help to the travelers and navigators, to get some knowledge of a place they are visiting. There are three types of maps which are a thematic map, a political map and a physical map.