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F. Answer the questions in brief :
1. What type of flora and fauna is found in the Ganga–Brahmaputra basin?

2. What are the chief varieties of trees and their uses in the Amazon basin?
3. What are the chief occupations of the people in the Amazon basin?
4. Describe the Ganga river.
5. What are the important places of tourist interest in Ganga-Brahmaputra basin?
6. What do you understand by the Clean Ganga Project?

G. Answer the questions in detail :
1. How did the Amazon get its name?
2. Describe the climatic conditions of the Amazon basin. How has it affected the vegetation there?

3. Describe the Brahmaputra river in brief.
4. Distinguish between agricultural practices of Ganga–Brahmaputra basin and Amazon basin.
5. Describe the location and extent of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.
6. Describe the wildlife present in the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.

1. Why has the government of India taken a project to clean the Ganga river?
2. Imagine that you have been selected to visit any one place in the Amazon basin. Where would you
choose to go? What would you consider when you make the place selection? What sort of planning
would you do before going on the visit?

Namami Gange Programme
Apart from its economic value, Ganga also is one of the holiest rivers in India and its cultural and
spiritual significance transcends the boundaries of the basin. It is unfortunate, but the river that has
been the lifeline of India and provides water to about 40% of India’s population across 11 states has
been declared as the fifth most polluted river in the world.
Pollution of the Ganges is not a recent phenomenon and has been an old and continuous process since
decades. The river today is severely polluted with human waste and industrial contaminants and poses
significant threats to human health and the larger environment. In fact, it has been found that stretches
of over six hundred kilometres of the Ganges were essentially ecologically dead zones.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi realising the need for action at the earliest to rescue a river that has
nurtured us through time immemorial affirmed to work in cleaning the river and controlling pollution
and announced the Namami Gange project in the July 2014 budget. The ‘Namami Gange Programme’ is
an Integrated Conservation Mission. The aim of the project is to clean the Ganga and its tributaries in a
comprehensive manner. The objectives of the programme included effective abatement of pollution,
conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.

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