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Indian Plate: A major tectonic plate straddling Ripple: A series of waves and aftershocks that are
the equator in the eastern hemisphere, which felt in the regions surrounding the epicentre in the
was originally a part of the ancient continent of aftermath or during the occurrence of an earthquake
Gondwana, but broke away from it a 100 million years S
ago and began moving north
State of emergency: A situation of national danger
K or disaster in which a government suspends normal

Kathmandu: The capital and largest urban constitutional procedures in order to regain control
agglomerate of Nepal Stupa: A dome-shaped building erected as a Buddhist
shrine
L Swayambhunath: An ancient religious architecture
Langtang Valley: A region in the Himalayas of Nepal atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of
to the north of the Kathmandu Valley and bordering Kathmandu city
Tibet T

M Terai: A belt of marshy jungle lying between the

Malla Kings: The ruling dynasty of Kathmandu Valley lower foothills of the Himalayas and the plains
from c. 1201–1779 CE on the Indian subcontinent
Case Study – Floods in Assam and Bihar
Manaslu Conservation Area: A protected area in
Nepal in the Mansiri Himal range of the Himalayas in B
the Gorkha District
Barak: A 900 kilometre long river fl owing through the
N states of Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam in

Newar: The historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu India and into the Bay of Bengal via Bangladesh
Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the Bed slope: The inclination of the channel bottom,
creators of its historic heritage and civilisation measured as the elevation drop per unit length of
channel
P Beel: A lake-like wetland with static water, in the

Pahads: The hilly regions without snow in Nepal Ganga – Brahmaputra fl oodplains of the eastern
Patan Durbar Square: The Palace Square of Patan Indian states of West Bengal and Assam
which is home to the ancient royal palace where the Bottleneck: A point of congestion in a river system
Malla Kings of Lalitpur resided which might cause fl ooding due to being an
Paved street: Covered with a fi rm surface suitable for inadequately small passage for a large amount of
travel, as with paving stones or concrete water
Plateau of Tibet: A vast elevated plateau in Central Brahmaputra: One of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-
Asia and East Asia, covering most of the Tibet boundary river which fl ows through China, India and
Autonomous Region and Qinghai in western China, Bangladesh and known by various names in diff erent
as well as Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti in India regions
Pokhara: A metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves C
as the capital of Gandaki Pradesh and is also the
Cherrapunji: A sub divisional town in the East Khasi
country’s second largest city in terms of population
Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya, known
Prone: Likely or liable to suff er from, do, or experience for being one of the regions which receives the
something unpleasant or regrettable highest amount of rainfall in the world

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