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Amazon Basin
How the name Amazon Originates?
..are special plants that
store water in their leaves
Which are plant parasites?
Which is called bird of paradise?
Piranha fish is also found in which river basin?
.is Flesh eating Fish
Way of cultivation in Amazon Basin?
What is staple food in Amazon Basin?
apartment-like houses called Maloca with a steeply slanting roof.
Amazong river basic lies in tropical region lies veryclose to the equator; between 10N and 10S.
Ganga-Bramhaputra Basin
basin lies in the sub-tropical region that is situated between 10N to 30N latitudes.
Tributaries of Ganga? The Ghaghra,The son,The Chambal,The gandak,The Kosi
Which is called blind Dolphin? Susu found in River Ganga

Temperate grasslands of US & Canada: Pirates

Temperate grasslands of North America are knownas the Prairies
The prairies are bound by the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Great Lakes in the East
Native Tribes of Pirates? Red Indians.Apache, the Crow, the Cree and the Pawnee.
Chinook is a hot wind that blows in winter and therefore raises the temperature within a short time.res
In the USA, the Pirates are drained by the tributaries of Mississippi and the Canadian prairies are drain
Large Cattle Farm in thi sregion called Ranches lookes after by sturdy man called Cowboys
Bison or the American buffalo is the most important animal of this region
The Prairies are also known as the Granaries of the world, due to the hugenot to surplus of wheat pr

velds- Temperate Grasslands

The temperate grasslands of South Africa are called the velds
It is bound by the Drakensburg Mountains on the east. To its west lies the Kalahari Desert
The tributaries of rivers Orange and Limpopo drain the region.
The velds receive rainfall mainly in the summer months from November to February.This is mainly bec
Johannesburg is known for being the gold capital of the world.
Sheep rearing is the most important in Velds, Merinco sheep is popular species whose wool is very wa
Kimberly Famous for Diamond mining

Hot Desert-Sahara
World largest Desert in Sahara
Sahara Located in Africa Continent (Covers large part of North Africa)
Highest Temperater in world recorded in Al Azizia in Sahara deser, south of Tripoli (Libiya) i.e 57.7c in
Nomadic Tribeds of sahara: Bedouins and Tuaregs. These groups are nomadic tribes rearing livestock
Green Islands of Deser are know as Oasis
Oasis are formed by Depressions: When wind blows away all sand forming depressions and undergrou
Tafilalet Oasis in Morocco is the large oasis with an area of approx.13k Sq.Km

Egypt is famous for growing-Cotton

Oasis is Depressions with water
Cold Desert- Ladakh
Ladakh is bound in the north by Karakoram Range & South by Zankar Mountains
The finest cricket bats are made from the wood of the willow trees found in ladhaka Region

The Chiru or the Tibetan antelope is an endangered species. It is hunted for its wool known as shahtoo
which is light in weight and extremely warm.
Yak's milk is used to make cheese and butter.

Land Use Pattern

India land use pattern:57% cropland,4% Pastures,22% Forest,17%others
Mulching: The bare ground between plants is covered with a layer of organic matter like straw. It helps
water accounts for only about 2.7 per cent. Nearly 70 per cent of this occurs as ice sheets and glacier

Named after Fierce Tribal women warriors of Roman Empire

Bromeliads
Orchids, bromeliads
Toucans (Humming Birds)
Amazon
Piranha
slash and burn agriculture.
manioc (Cassava) which is underground veg like potato

sults in the melting ofanow and make land available for grazing
ned by the tributaries of Saskatchewan Rivers

oduction.

cause of the warm ocean currents that wash the shores of the velds.

nd water reached surface

s to retain soil moisture.

s in Antarctica, Greenland and mountain regions.Only 1 per cent of freshwater is available and fit for human use

nd fit for human use.