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Poaching: Illegally hunt or catch animals or fi sh C
on land or property that is not one’s own or in
California: A state in the western United States and
contravention of laws of offi cial protection
the 3rd largest state in the country
Punpun: A tributary of the Ganges which originates
Clog: Block or become blocked with an accumulation
in Palamu district of Jharkhand and fl ows through
of thick, wet matter
Chatra, Aurangabad, Gaya and Patna districts of the
Commercial fi shermen: The activity of catching fi sh
Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar
and other seafood for commercial profi t, mostly from
R wild fi sheries
Reckless: Heedless of danger or the consequences Contaminant: A polluting or poisonous substance
of one’s actions that makes something impure
Recurring: Occurring again periodically or Corrosion: The gradual destruction of materials
repeatedly (usually metals) by chemical and/or electrochemical
reaction with their environment
S Crude oil: Unrefi ned petroleum
Silt: Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by D
running water and deposited as a sediment,
especially in a channel or harbour Drilling rig: A large structure with equipment for
drilling an oil well
Siltation: Water pollution caused by particulate
terrestrial clastic material, with a particle size E
dominated by silt or clay
Exxon Valdez oil spill: A manmade disaster that
Sivasagar: A city in and capital of the Sivasagar occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned
district of Assam, India that lies about 360 kilometres by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million
north-east of Guwahati gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound
Stagnant: A body of water or the atmosphere of a on March 24, 1989
confi ned space having no current or fl ow and often
having an unpleasant smell as a consequence F
Fishery: A place where fi sh are reared for commercial
Case Study – Oil Spills in USA purposes
Freighter: A large ship designed to carry goods in bulk
A
G
Alaska: A state of the United States in extreme
Gulf of Mexico: An ocean basin and a marginal sea of
north-west North America, separated from the
the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North
other mainland states by Canada
American continent, bounded by the United States,
B Mexico and Cuba
Barge: A long fl at-bottomed boat for carrying Gulf War: A war that began in 1990 when Iraq
freight on canals and rivers, either under its own invaded Kuwait and ended in 1991 when a coalition
power or towed by another of countries led by the United States expelled the
Iraqi army from Kuwait and destroyed much of Iraq’s
Barrel: A cylindrical container bulging out in the
military capability
middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with
metal hoops round them H
Blowhole: The nostril of a whale or dolphin on the Haul: Pull something behind by attaching it to a
top of its head vehicle
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