Life in a tropical and subtropical

religion

Chapter:25
 Life

 The place where a river flows into another water

body is called a river’s mouth.

 Many rivers join the Amazon river to form the

Amazon Basin.

 The Amazon river drains the portions of Brazil, parts

of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and a small part of
Venezuela.
 Climate

 The Amazon Basin stretches directly on the equator and is

characterized by hot and wet climate throughout the year.

 Both day and nights are hot and humid.

 It rains almost everyday.

 The day temperatures are high.

 At night, the temperature goes down

 Natural vegetation

 It rains heavily in this region, thus thick forests grow.

 A ‘roof’ is created by leaves and branches do not

allow the sunlight to reach the ground thus it remains
dark and damp.

 Only shade tolerant vegetation may grow there like

Orchids, Bromeliads that grow as plant parasites
 Wild life

 The rainforest is rich in fauna.

 Birds such as Toucans, Humming birds and Birds of

Paradise are found there.
 Animals like Monkeys, Sloth and ant-eating Tapirs are
found there.

 Reptiles like Crocodiles and snakes like Anaconda,

Boa Constrictor, Python are also found here.
 Ganga Brahmaputra Basin

 The basin is situated between 10°N to 30°N latitudes

Is Ganga Brahmaputra Basin .
 Life

 The tributaries of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra

together form the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin in the
Indian subcontinent.

 The plains of the Ganga and the Brahmaputra, the

mountains and the foothills of the Himalayas and the
Sunderbans delta are the main features of the basin
 Climate

* Population Density
 It means the number of people living in a km square of area.

 The area is dominated by monsoon climate.

  The monsoon brings rain from mid-June to mid-September.

 The summers are hot and the winters are cool

 Vegetation

 In the Ganga and Brahmaputra plain, tropical

deciduous trees grow, along with:

 Thick bamboo groves are common in Brahmaputra

plain.
 Wild life

 There is a variety of wildlife in the basin.

 Elephants, Tigers, Deer and Monkeys are common

 The one-horned rhinoceros is found in the
Brahmaputra plain
 Plains
 Towns and Cities

The Ganga-Brahmaputra plain has several big towns and cities.

Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, LucknowThe Ganga-Brahmaputra

plain has several big towns and cities.

Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Patna and Kolkata: all

with the population of more than 10 lakh are located along river
Ganga.

The wastewater from the industries in these towns is

discharged into the rivers which leads to water pollution in
rivers.
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