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Glossary

parliament - the law making body of the government
consist - have
college - a type of organization
assigned - given, task
alpine - relating to high mountains
approximately - used to show that something is almost, but not
completely, accurate or exact; roughly
debris - scattered pieces of rubbish or remains
deciduous - of a tree or shrub shedding its leaves annually
herbaceous - a plant whose growth dies down annually but whose
roots or other underground parts survive
meadows - a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay
ranges - lines or groups of hills
temperate - relating to or denoting a region or climate
characterized by mild temperatures
tundra - a vast, flat, treeless arctic region of europe, asia, and north
America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen

Note to the teacher: Make students imagine that they are the chairperson of the DDC and ask them to
tell the function they should carry out. Help students to use atlas and find out major cities, places of
pilgrims, lakes, national parks, mountains etc.

ExERCISES
ExERCISES

1. Match the following columns:
‘A’ ‘B’

Mountainous region plain land form
Hilly region the low lands surrounded by hills
Tarai region The flat top of the hills

Valley 3000-8848 metres
Plateau 300-3000 metres

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