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Some old cities of the world are still inhabited by people and boasts of Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in an aquatic environment

beautiful architecture. like saltwater or fresh water.
Read the clues and name these cities. Read the clues and name these aquatic plants.

1. It is an important holy city for both Hindus and Buddhists. 1. They grow in still or slowly moving water. Their floating
It is believed to be around 3000 years old. round leaves are called lily pads. Frogs like to sit on
them.

2. This city in Greece is filled with Greek, Roman, Byzantine
and Ottoman monuments. 2. These plants have white fragrant flowers with a black
centre and bright green leaves.

3. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and it is
considered a holy city by Christianity, Islam and Judaism. 3. It is a rooted, floating leaved plant with bright yellow

flowers.

4. It is the oldest city in Western Europe. It is also the capital
of Portugal.
4. It is a floating plant with thick glossy round leaves and
very showy lavender flowers. It is one of the world’s
5. It is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. The city worst aquatic weeds.
has the remains of many ancient civilizations.

5. They are tall, stiff aquatic plants growing almost ten
feet tall. They grow in the wild and prevent soil erosion.
6. This ancient city was built on seven hills. It started out
small but grew as the empire grew. It was the centre of
power in the world for over 1000 years. 6. It is a dark leafy green plant growing in natural

spring water. It is used
7. This ancient city of China is full of ancient ruin monuments as salad leaves or in Info-bites
and is home to the ancient wall built during the Ming soups and sandwiches. The Giant water lily is a
dynasty. huge aquatic plant. The

7. It sends out sprays of leaves flower itself is white and
blooms only at night. The
that jut out from the stem
8. This city was earlier called Constantinople. It still has like a fireworks display. flower is almost the size of
the remains of many Byzantine churches and Ottoman a soccer ball and lives for
palaces. three days. The leaves can
grow up to 46 centimetres
spatterdock water hyacinth water lily in size and can hold up to
Damascus Jerusalem Athens Istanbul papyrus water hawthorns cattails 136 kilograms of weight.

Varanasi Rome Xi’an Lisbon water cress

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