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P Subsoil: The soil lying immediately under the surface
soil
Physiography: The branch of geography dealing with
natural features T
Pine: An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters
Taiga: The swampy coniferous forest of high northern
of long needle-shaped leaves which is grown for soft
latitudes, especially that between the tundra and
timber
steppes of Siberia
Polar bear: A large white arctic bear which lives
Teak: Hard durable timber used in shipbuilding and
mainly on the pack ice. It is a powerful swimmer and
for making furniture
feeds chiefl y on seals
Thicket: A dense group of bushes or trees
R Trade wind: A wind blowing steadily towards
Reindeer: A deer of the tundra and subarctic regions the equator from the north-east in the northern
of Eurasia and North America, both sexes of which hemisphere or the south-east in the southern
have large branching antlers hemisphere, especially at sea
Rosewood: Close-grained tropical timber with a Tundra: A vast, fl at, treeless Arctic region of Europe,
distinctive fragrance, used particularly for making Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is
furniture and musical instruments permanently frozen
S W

Sable mink: A small animal from cold regions that has Walrus: A large gregarious marine mammal related to
very soft, dark brown fur the eared seals, having two large downward-pointing
Sal: A North Indian tree that yields hard, durable tusks and found in the Arctic Ocean
timber and dammar resin Waxy: Resembling wax in consistency or appearance
Sea breeze: A breeze blowing towards the land
Wind pattern: A surface wind in a region of the Earth’s
from the sea, especially during the day owing to the
surface that blows predominantly from a particular
relative warmth of the land
direction
Seal: A fi sh-eating aquatic mammal with a streamlined
body and feet developed as fl ippers, that returns to Chapter 8 - India – Physiography
land to breed or rest
Shisham: An Indian tree of the pea family, which A
produces useful timber
Alluvial: Relating to or derived from alluvium
Shrub: A woody plant which is smaller than a tree and
Anamudi: A mountain located in the Indian state of
has several main stems arising at or near the ground
Kerala and is the highest peak in the Western Ghats
Snowbound: Covered in snow or inaccessible because
and South India, at an elevation of 2,695 metres
of it
Aravalli Range: A range of mountains running
Sporadic: Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a
approximately 692 kilometres in a south-west
few places
direction
Spruce: A widespread coniferous tree which has a
distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, widely B

grown for timber, pulp, and Christmas trees Bara-lacha La: A high mountain pass in Zanskar range,
Steppes: A large area of fl at unforested grasslands in connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to
south-eastern Europe or Siberia Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, situated along the
Stunted: Having been prevented from growing or Leh–Manali Highway
developing properly Barren Island: An island located in the Andaman Sea

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