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Answer the following questions.

(i) Name the continent in which the Amazon basin is located.

(ii) What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon basin?

(iii) Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.

(iv) What are the major cities located on the River Ganga?

(v) Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?

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(i) The Amazon basin is located in South America.

(ii) The people of the Amazon basin mainly grow tapioca, pineapple and sweet potato. They also grow cash crops like coffee, maize and cocoa.

(iii) Toucans, humming birds and bird of paradise are commonly found in the rainforests of the Amazon.

(iv) Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Patna and Kolkata are the major cities located on the River Ganga.

(v) The one-horned rhinoceros is found in the Brahmaputra plain.


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