igure 2.13: A tea plantation
EXERCISES
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Which of the following states do not fall within the Himalayas?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Sikkim d) Haryana e) Punjab
Why do Himalayan rivers have water all year round?
Why do the shepherds in the Himalayas take their flocks to the upper reaches of the mouins
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during summer?
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"The population in the mountain regions is sparse and widely dispersed.” Explain the meang of
this sentence.
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What is grown on the mountain slopes?
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How has road construction changed farming and tourism in the Himalayas?
Why are there landslides in the Himalayas?
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Why do mountain regions have limited means of livelihood?
Why are the forests in the eastern Himalayas so dense? What trees grow in these fosts?
Describe in your own words how jhum cultivation is done - from clearing the fort patch to
harvesting the crops.
What are the problems in practicing jhum cultivation nowadays?
What factors helped the tribes of the north-eastern states to progress so rapidly?
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Answers
Answer:
1. Any of these states do not fall within the Himalayas except Sikkim
2. The Himalayan rivers are perennial in nature which means that they flow throughout the year without a lean season. This is due to the nature of its source in the form of glaciers that continuously supply water. ... Thus peninsular rivers have a lean period of water flow in summer.
3. In summer, these groups migrate to upper reaches of the valley and in winter, they take their flocks to the lower areas of the valley to protect themselves from the harsh cold. The habitat of these people is in the hilly terrain of the North-Western Himalayas.
4. This sentence means that the population you see in the mountain regions is as less as compared.
5. Mostly tea and coffee is grown on slopes of mountains.
6. road construction change farming and tourism in himalays-. * road construction led that better transportation of goods. * farmers are farming more and more faster than they did before*.
7.Landslides are frequent in Himalayas because:
Heavy snowfall in winter and melting in summer. This induces debris flow, which is carried in large quantity by numerous streams and rivers. Himalayas are made of sedimentary rocks which can easily be eroded.
8.Because in the mountain regions the oxygen is less and also there is shortage of food and shelter.
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