Tailings pond would be represented by which symbol group?

• A. Submerged Areas and Bogs Symbols
• B. Surface Features Symbols
• C. Industrial Symbols
• D. Utility Symbols

Answer: (B)

Understanding map symbol groups helps you read what a feature is on the landscape, not just what it’s used for. A tailings pond is a body of water that sits on the surface of the land. On map legends, water features like lakes and ponds are placed with the Surface Features Symbols because they depict surface forms of the terrain, natural or artificial, that you can see on the surface.

That’s why a tailings pond fits here: it’s fundamentally a surface water feature, drawn and labeled as a pond on the map. It isn’t a submerged area or bog, which would fall under Submerged Areas and Bogs Symbols, and it isn’t an industrial facility like a factory or plant (that would be Industrial Symbols) or infrastructure such as pipes or power lines (Utility Symbols).