Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
You read that in Changthang the temperature drops below 0°C. Look at newspapers on the TV to find cities in India or abroad where the temperature drops below 0°C. In which months do you expect to see this?
Solution
The other cities in India where the temperature drops below Srinagar, Ladhak, Shimla, etc. Places outside India having temperatures below are Minnesota, etawa, etc. This usually happens in the months of December and January.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Check-in your map. Which states would one pass through while travelling from Mumbai to Kashmir?
Is Manali a plain or a hilly area? In which state is it?
Have you ever stayed in a tent? Where? What was it like?
What are the different types of houses that you have seen? Tell your friends about it. Make drawings too.
Have you ever been to a hilly place? Where?
Which is the highest place you have been to?
You read about different kinds of shelters in Jammu and Kashmir – some on high mountains, some on water, some with beautiful designs in wood and stone, and some mobile shelters that can even be packed and carried to another place.
Describe how these shelters suit the needs of the people who live there.
Are there different types of houses in the place where you live? If yes, think about the reasons.
For the Changpas their animals are a very important part of their life. Is any animal part of your life? For example, as a pet, or as helpers in farming.
Look at this picture. Can you see any houses in the picture? These houses are made of stone and mud. Nobody lives here in winter. In summer, the Bakarwal people live here when they bring their goats to higher lands for grazing.
