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Taklamakan Desert: A desert in the south-west Zagros Mountains: A mountain range in southern Iran
portion of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
in north-west China Chapter 7 - Asia – Climate, Natural
Tarim Basin: An endorheic basin (without any Vegetation and Wildlife
outfl ows) in north-west China
Thar Desert: Also known as the Great Indian Desert, A
is a large arid region in the north-western part of the Alignment: Arrangement in a straight line or in
Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 200,000
correct relative positions
square kilometres and forms a natural boundary
Alpine tundra: A type of natural region or biome that
between India and Pakistan
does not contain trees because it is at high elevation
Tibetan Plateau: A vast elevated plateau in Central
Antelope: A swift-running deer-like ruminant with
Asia and East Asia, covering most of the Tibet
smooth hair and upward-pointing horns, of a group
Autonomous Region and Qinghai in western China,
as well as Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti in India native to Africa and Asia
Tien Shan: A great mountain system of central Asia, Aravalli Hills: A hill system of northern India, running
in Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous north-easterly for 560 kilometres through the state of
Region of China Rajasthan
Tigris–Euphrates Valley: A region of south-west Asia Arctic fox: A small fox with a thick coat that turns white
between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris in winter, found on the tundra of North America and
and Euphrates rivers Eurasia
Traverse: Extend across or through Arctic tundra: A type of region that occurs in the far
Tsaidam Basin: A basin that is located between the Northern Hemisphere, north of the taiga belt. The
Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern word “tundra” usually refers only to the areas where
margin of the Tibetan Plateau the subsoil is permafrost, or permanently frozen soil

Turan Plain: An extensive lowland in south-western Arctic: Very cold weather conditions, corresponding
Kazakhstan and north-western Uzbekistan and to regions around the North Pole
Turkmenistan
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U Bamboo: A giant woody grass which is grown chiefl y

Ural River: A river of western Russia and western in the tropics
Kazakhstan rising in the southern Ural Mountains Beech: A large tree with smooth grey bark, glossy
and fl owing about 2,430 kilometres south-west into
leaves, and hard, pale fi ne-grained timber
the Caspian Sea
Bog: An area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to
V support a heavy body

Victory Peak: The highest mountain in the Tien Shan C
mountain system at 7,439 metres
Camellia: An evergreen East Asian shrub related to
Y the tea plant, grown for its showy fl owers and shiny
leaves
Yenisei River: A Russian river in Siberia that rises in
Camphor: A white volatile crystalline substance
mountains near the Mongolian border and fl ows
generally northward into the Kara Sea with an aromatic smell and bitter taste, occurring in
certain essential oils
Yunnan Plateau: A highland region located in
Canopy: The uppermost branches of the trees in
south-west China which is primarily spread over the
a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of
provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou
foliage

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