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Cholera: An infectious and often fatal bacterial J
disease of the small intestine, typically contracted
Jorhat: The second largest city in Assam after
from infected water supplies and causing severe
Guwahati, which is known in Assam for its rich culture
vomiting and diarrhoea
and tradition, education centres and its warm hearted
D people

Dibrugarh: A city and is the headquarters of the K
Dibrugarh district in the state of Assam in India
Kaziranga National Park: A national park in the
Durgavati: A tributary of the Karmanasa which fl ows
Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts of
through Kaimur district in the Indian state of Bihar
the state of Assam, India which hosts two-thirds of
Dyke: A long wall or embankment built to prevent
the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses, and is a
fl ooding from the sea
World Heritage Site
Dysentery: Infection of the intestines resulting in
Khasi Hills: A low mountain formation on the Shillong
severe diarrhoea with the presence of blood and
Plateau in Meghalaya state of India, inhabited mainly
mucus in the faeces
by tribal Khasi dwellers
F Kosi: A river that drains the northern slopes of the

Falgu: A river that fl ows past Gaya, India in the Himalayas in the Tibet Autonomous Region and
Indian state of Bihar, is a sacred river for Hindus and the southern slopes in Nepal and fl ows through the
Buddhists Indian state of Bihar
Floodplain: An area of low-lying ground adjacent to L
a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject
Land use pattern: The layout or arrangement of the
to fl ooding
uses of the land which may be used for agriculture,
Floodwater: Water left by fl ooding
forest, pasture or any other purpose
G Lifeline: A thing on which someone or something

Gandak: A 650 kilometre long river in Nepal and India, depends
left tributary of the Ganges. M
Garo Hills: A range of hills which are part of the Garo-
Khasi range in Meghalaya, India, inhabited mainly by Majuli: A river island, the biggest in the world,
tribal dwellers, the majority of whom are Garo people situated in the Brahmaputra River, Assam and in 2016
it became the fi rst island to be made a district in India
Ghaghara: A river in northern India, rising in Tibet, in
the Himalayas, and fl owing south-east through Nepal Mawsynram: A village in the East Khasi Hills district of
as the Karnali, then through Uttar Pradesh to join the Meghalaya state in north eastern India, 65 kilometres
Ganges from Shillong which is known for receiving the
Golaghat: An administrative district in the state of highest amount of rainfall in the world
Assam in India N
Gorge: A narrow valley between hills or mountains,
North Lakhimpur: A town and a municipal board in
typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running
Lakhimpur district in the Indian state of Assam, about
through it
394 kilometres north-east of Guwahati
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Hypothermia: A medical emergency that occurs
when your body loses heat faster than it can produce Patrolling: Keep watch over an area by regularly
heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature walking or travelling around it

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