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प्रश्न
What is ‘aquifer’?
उत्तर
A porous layer of rock capable of storing water and allowing its passage is called an aquifer.
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Why doesn’t Europe have a cold climate more similar to that of Alaska and northern Canada though it lies on the same latitudes?
What are the chief physical divisions of Europe?
In your atlas, locate the major and minor rivers flowing through Europe. Note the names of important cities/towns that have developed on the banks of these rivers. Then tabulate your observations in your notebook using the headings given here :
- Name of the river
- Countries through which it flows
- Important town/cities situated on its banks.
On the outline map of Europe, use different colours to mark and label the following:
- Oceans—Arctic, Atlantic
- Seas—Mediterranean, Baltic, North Sea
- Straits—Dover, Gibraltar
- Plateau—Central Massif, Meseta
- Mountains—Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians
- Rivers—Danube, Rhine, Volga
- Lakes—Ladoga, Onega, Vanern
- Capitals—Paris, Moscow, Berl
Mixed forests consist of grass, moss, softwood trees, hardwood trees, and thorny vegetation.
Write true or false. Correct the false statement.
Wild cats and large fur-bearing animals are not found anywhere in Europe.
Name the major mountain ranges of Africa.
What changes have human beings brought about in the temperate grasslands of Europe?
Why are most of the underground water not suitable for human consumption agriculture?
Collect information about the Great Barrier Reef from encyclopedias or the Internet and write a diary describing all you have learned about it in your scrapbook.
