HardLateral

"I have cities but no houses live there. I have mountains but no trees grow. I have water but no fish swim. I have roads but no cars drive. What am I?"

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Answer: A Map. A map represents the world symbolically. It depicts cities, mountains, rivers and roads — but only as markings. Nothing in a map physically exists within it.

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