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Due to abundance of rainforests, a lot of wood is            LIFE IN THE GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN
            available which is used for making huts and
            houses and other industrial purposes.                   Location
                                                                    The Ganga-Brahmaputra basin lies in the sub-
                    Just Think!                                     tropical region in the great northern plains of India.
                                                                    The great northern Indian plains lie east-west with
            Can you say why are the houses in the Amazon            the Himalayas to the north and the Deccan Plateau
            basin usually built on trees or stand on stilts?        to the south. The northern plains have been formed
                                                                    by the rivers Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra. Our
            In the earlier times, the Amazon River was the
                                                                    focus of study is on the delta formed by the Ganga
            only source to travel through the rainforests. Now
                                                                    and Brahmaputra rivers. The chief physical features
            the Trans-Amazon highway has been built. Places         of this area are mountains and foothills of the
            are also connected by air.
                                                                    Himalayas, and the Sundarban Delta.
                Quiz Time                                           Ganga
            Fill in the blanks :
                                                                    The Ganga River originates in the Himalayas and
            1. The Amazon basin lies in the __________              enters plains at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. It is
               region.                                              joined by several tributaries on its course and

            2. The __________    river is the world’s largest river   finally empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the
               in terms of __________   of water that it drains.    longest river in India, measuring about 2,500 km
                                                                    long. Its important tributaries are the Yamuna,
            3. The Amazon river got its name after the tribal       Ghaghara, Gomti, Gandak, Kosi and Tista from
               __________   who live in the __________  part.
                                                                    the north and the Chambal, Betwa, Son, Sind and
            4. The chief occupations of the people of Amazon        Damodar from the south. It flows through the
               are __________   and __________  .                   states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,
                                                                    Bihar and West Bengal.
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