Define the following:-
1. Sawyers-
2. Canyons-
3. Prairies-
4. Inland waterways-
5. Taiga-
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Answer:
1. One that is employed in sawing wood. 2. Any of several long-horned beetles of the genus Monochamus having larvae that boreholes in weakened or dead conifers or in lumber.
2. a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it. 2 : something resembling a canyon the city's concrete canyons.
3. land in or predominantly in grass. 2 : a tract of grassland: such as. a : a large area of level or rolling land in the Mississippi River valley that in its natural uncultivated state usually has deep fertile soil, a cover of tall coarse grasses, and few trees.
4. India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks. The total navigable length is 14,500 km, out of which about 5200 km of the river and 4000 km of canals can be used by mechanised crafts.
5. Taiga, also called boreal forest, biome (major life zone) of vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in northern circumpolar forested regions characterized by long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.